Zdravko  Lubenov Tsintsov, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate, Dr.   Central Laboratory of Mineralogy and Crystallography (CLMC), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) Web site: http://www.clmc.bas.bg 1113 Sofia, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 107, BULGARIA Phone: (+3592) 8700161/54; Fax.: (+3592) 9797056; E-mail: ztsintsovclmcbasbg; ztsintsovmailbg

PERSONAL DATA

Name:              Zdravko  Lubenov Tsintsov Date of birth:             June, 1, 1953 Place of birth:            D. Dikania, Pernik district, Bulgaria Home Address:          8, 605 Str., Knyazhevo, 1619 Sofia, Bulgaria Marital status:           Married with a daughter (31 y) and a son (30 y) Nationality:               Bulgarian

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC DEGREES, POSTDOC FELLOWSHIPS :

• PhD in Mineralogy & Crystallography, May 1997
  Central Laboratory of Mineralogy and Crystallography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  Topic: Platinum-group minerals in alluvial sediments from Blagoevgrad graben
   

• Postgraduate specialization, Nov. 1987 - Dec. 1987
  Institute of Geology Ore Deposits, Moscow (Russia)
  Topic: Mineralogy of the gold
   

•  Master degree in Economic Geology, Sept. 1974 - Apr. 1979
   The University of Mining and Geology, Sofia, Bulgaria
   

PROFESSIONAL  EXPERIENCE

• June 2001 - present
  Company: Central Laboratory of Mineralogy and Crystallography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  Position: Associate Research Professor
  Main activities: Research on the mineralogy of precious metals (Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Os and Ir) from placers, ultrabasites and listwaenites. Archaeomineralogy of Au and Fe
   

•  Oct. 1987 - 2001
  Company: Institute of Applied Mineralogy, transformed after 1995 in Central Laboratory of Mineralogy and Crystallography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  Position: Research associate III - I degree
  Main activities: Research on the mineralogy of precious metals (Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Os and Ir) from placers, ultrabasites and listwaenites
   

•   Oct. 1984 - Oct. 1987
  Company Institute of Applied Mineralogy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  Position: Geologist
  Main activities: Research on the content and the technological parameters of placer gold in raw materials processed into inert materials in reference with its accompanying extraction.
   

•  Sept. 1983 - Sept. 1984
  Company: Enterprise for extraction and processing of rock facing materials, Vladaya, Bulgaria
  Position: Chief of production
  Main activities: Management and control on the production process of facing details
   

•  Aug. 1979 - Aug. 1983
  Company: “Minproect”, Mining research and design institute, Sofia
  Position: Designing engineer
  Main activities: Engineer-geological and hydro-geological researches on construction of coal mines
   

FIELDS OF RESEARCH INTEREST

•  Ore mineralogy of placers, ultrabasites and listwaenites

•  Archaeomineralogy of Au and Fe

•  Schlih archaeology

•  Genetic models of ore formation

•  Applied mineralogy

•  Composition, texture and microstructural features of the agates from Bulgaria

Methods of investigation

•  All basic methods of field and lab investigation in mineralogy and geology

Publications

•  Scientific papers - 52

•  Conferences, congresses, symposia - 23

•  Reports under contracts with mining companies - 6

• Reports under research grants - 3

• Ахатите в България (Здравко Цинцов, Бануш Банушев)
  В монографията са представени резултатите от комплексните специализирани изследвания на ахатите в България. Включени са обобщени данни за терминологията и номенклатурата на природните SiO2 фази утвърдени от Международната минералогическа асоциация, както и специфичните особености на българските ахати. Разгледана е геологията на ахатовите райони. Направена е детайлна петрографска характеристика на вместващите скали. Прилагат се оригинални данни за състава, морфоложките, текстурни и микроструктурни особености на ахатите от всеки район и проявление. Предлага се концепция за произхода на отделни разновидности ахати в България.
  Монографията е предназначена за широк кръг специалисти работещи в областта на геологията, гемологията, ювелири и любители колекционери на минерални образци. Тя може да се използва и от студентите-геолози в МГУ “Св. Иван Рилски” и СУ “Св. Климент Охридски”, от студентите в НБУ, както и от докторанти и специалисти работещи върху проблемите на декоративно-ювелирните минерали.

Professional memberships

• Bulgarian Geological Society          (1978)

• Bulgarian Mineralogical Society      (1990)

SKILLS

Languages:

• Bulgarian - native

• English (oral - functional level; written - good level)

• Russian - very good

Others:

•   Method of panning

LIST OF SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Tsintsov. Z. 2008. Distribution and typology of gold artifacts from the Bronze age in the alluvial sediments in Bulgaria. – In: Proceedings of International Conference ”Geoarchaeology and archaeomineralogy”, 216-218.

Tsintsov, Z., Banushev, B. 2008. Agate geodes from the region of Vladaia village, NW Vitosha Mountains, Bulgaria. - Compt. rend. Acad. bulg. Sci., 61, 1, 79-84.

Банушев, Б., Цинцов, Здр., Сивилов, М. 2008. Състав, текстурни и микроструктурни особености на жилни ахати от района на Маджарово, Източни Родопи. - Год. МГУ, 51, I, 16-21.

Ilieva, A., Mihailova, B., Tsintsov, Z., Petrov, O. 2007. Structural state of microcrystalline opals from East Rhodopes, Bulgaria. A Raman spectroscopic study. – American Mineral.,  92, 1325-1333.

Kunov, A., Tsintsov, Z., Banushev, B. 2007. Listwaenite type wall-rock alterations in Bulgaria – peculiarities and gold ore perspectives. - In: Proceedings of National Conference “GEOSCIENCES` 2007”, 75-77.

Банушев, Б., Цинцов, Здр. 2007. Ахатови геоди от района на с. Татарево, Източни Родопи. - Год. МГУ, 50, I, 23-28.

Попов, Хр., Цинцов, Здр. 2007. Предварителни археометалургични данни за района на с. Вълче поле, общ. Любимец. - Интердисциплинарни изследвания, (под печат).

Попов, Хр., Цинцов, Здр., С. Илиев. 2007. Методи на теренна регистрация при издирване на следи от антични рударство и металургия в района на Източните Родопи. – В: Сборник доклади „Издирване на недвижими археологически паметници: постижения и перспективи. 30 години  от българо-полската археологическа експедиция в Благоевградска област.” (под печат).

Banushev, B., Tsintsov, Z. 2006. New occurrence of “Shumen” type agates in NE Bulgaria. - Compt. rend. Acad. bulg. Sci., 59, 12; 1259-1264.

Цинцов, Здр., Банушев, Б., Вулев, Е. 2006. Сагенитови ахати от Източните Родопи. – Сп. Минно дело и геология, 10, 36-40.

Tsintsov, Z. 2006. The Archaeomineralogy – independent interdisciplinary direction in the archaeometry and the Bulgarian science. - In: Proceedings of the National Conference with international participation “GEOSCIENCES`2006”. 30 November – 01 December, 2006, 151-154.

Цинцов, Здр., Попов, Хр., Банушев, Б. 2006. Археометалургични проучвания в района на с. Вълче поле, Хасковско. – Год. МГУ, 49, I, 79-84.

41. Цинцов, Здр., Радойков, К. 2006. Следи от древен добив на разсипно злато в района на с. Горно Уйно. – Известия на РИМ Кюстендил, 419-428.

Tsintsov, Z. 2005. Gold artifacts from the alluvial sediments of Bulgaria - indicators for gold mining and metallurgy during the Bronze Age – In: Proceedings of anniversary international scientific conference “80th years Bulgarian geological society” 17-18, November 2005, 217-220 pp.

Tsintsov, Z. 2004. Sperrylite from Vurbitsa River alluvial placers, SE Rhodopes. – In: Bulgarian Geological Society, Scientific Conference “Geology 2004”, 16-17 December 2004, 92-94 pp.

Банушев, Б., Цинцов, Здр., Сивилов, М. 2004. Серпентинизирани ултрабазити от района на с. Церово, Пазарджишко и свързаната с тях рудна минерализация. – Год. МГУ, 47, 1, 21-26.

Tsintsov, Z., Banushev, B., Sivilov, M. 2003. Characterization of the sulfide mineralization in metamorphosed serpentinites near Zhivkovo village, Central Sredna Gora, Bulgaria. - Ann. MGU,  46, 1, 177-182.

Tsintsov, Z., Banushev, B. 2002. “Amethyst sun” - type agate structure from the region of Potochnitsa village, Krumovgrad district (Bulgaria). - Compt. rend. Acad. bulg. Sci., 55, 6; 67-72.

Tsintsov, Z. 2001. Genetically indicative features of Pt-Fe and Os-Ir-Ru alloy crystals from placers in SW Bulgaria - Geochem., Mineral. and Petrol., 38, 35-44.

Tsintsov, Z., Banushev, B., Pazderov, R. 2001. Mineralogical characteristic of Paleogene coral agates from Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria. - N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 10, 464-480.

Tsintsov, Z. L. 2000. Unique finds of golden articles in alluvial placers in Bulgaria. - Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 29, 2, 52-58 (in Japanese with English abstract and Supplemental remarks to Prof. Tadato Mizota).

Tsintsov, Z., 2000. Platinum-group minerals in sediments from Gotse Delchev graben, SW Bulgaria. - Compt. rend. Acad. bulg. Sci., 53, 2, 73-76.

Tsintsov, Z., Kunov, A. 2000. Silver mineralizations in chrysotile serpentinites from Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria. - N. Jb. Miner. Mh., H 4, 165-174.

Zhelyaskova-Panayotova, M., Tsintsov, Z., Pashov, G. 2000. Hydrothermal Au-mineralization in ultrabasites from Dobromirtsi, Kurdzhali district. - Ann. Sofia University, 93, 1 - Geology, 173-186 (in Bulgarian with English summary).

Zheliazkova-Panaiotova, M., Pazderov, R., Petrov, P., Tsintsov, Z., Iliev, Z., Kunov, A., Markov, N., Petrov, P. 2000. Gold-Bearing Quartz-Sulfides Ore Mineralizations in Ihtiman Sredna Gora Region. - In: Book of Abstracts, Paper of Geological Conference Bulgarian Geology at the Threshold of the 21^st Century - New Ideas and Prospective, Sofia, 178-179.

Tsintsov, Z. 1999. Native gold extraction accompanying inert materials production in Bulgaria: Experience and perspectives. - Minno Delo I Geologia Journal, 10, 14-17 (in Bulgarian with English summary)..

Tsintsov, Z. 1998. Composition, distribution and transportation of platinum-group minerals in alluvial sediments of Blagoevgrad graben. - Rev. Bulg. Geol. Society, 59, 2, 59-65 (in Bulgarian with English summary)