Albert Kechyan Perf. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Armenia was founded in 1990. Garegin Martirossyan Perf. Quartz is widely available in nature. Its crystals have the form of an extended prism.
Quartz sands are important in manufacture of glass and ceramics.
Transparent and coloured crystals are used in jewellery. Molybdenite is a mineral of the sulfid class. It forms prismatic and barrel-shaped crystals. Molybdenite is the source ore for molybdenium. The deposits are in Kajaran, Agarak, Dastakert and Hankavan regions of the Republic of Armenia.