Alginite – alias oil shale – data repository arrives in Miskolc

Today, in a small ceremony, Dr. Gábor Solti, a geologist, handed over his alginite data collection, containing more than half a thousand documents, to the University of Miskolc. Alginite is a young, organic-rich freshwater sedimentary rock, found in crater lakes and coalfield basins. It was discovered in Hungary in the 1970s by MÁFI geologists. Of them, Solti dealt most in detail with this raw material source, which has now become an outstanding national asset. It is produced in two places in the country - in the mines of Pula and Gérce - as a humus-replacing soil improvement material.

On behalf of the University of Miskolc, the donation contract was signed by Dr. Zita Horváth, rector, and was represented by Dr. István Szunyog, deputy dean, at the signing. The ceremony was also attended by Dr. Marianna Vadászi, associate professor, and Dr. Szilágyiné Dr. Sebők Szilvia, research associate at AFKI. The donated data collection will be processed by the research team - faculty and students - to explore other applications, including the production of natural hydrogen.

More detail about alginite: https://www.hungarikum.hu/hu/g%C3%A9rcei-alginit  

Written by:

Dr. Földessy János

16-10-2025