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Metaphorics of light and color as means of the author’s modality expression, being realized through the use of mineralogical lexics, is considered on the poetic texts of M. Voloshin, the original poet of the Silver Age. Peculiarities of the mineralogical lexics metaphorical usage as a method of representation of the emotional-ethical and axiological poet’s guidelines, determining the essence of the author’s modality as a text-building category, are stated.