The workshop "Frontiers of Crystallography" was held in Novosibirsk State University as a satellite event of the 3rd International Conference "Crystallogenesis and Mineralogy". It included comprehensive lectures and tutorials on the topics of "Crystal growth in Nature, laboratory and industry", "High-pressure diffraction and Raman microscopy in crystal genesis and mineralogy", and "Aperiodic, twinned and disordered structure". Highlights of the event included a series of events for the general public and for children. Prof Juan-­Manuel Garcia Ruiz gave two evening lectures at the Science-Café "Eureka" and a comprehensive lecture on crystals and crystallography for school children. The lectures were followed by the projection of the movie "The mystery of giant crystals" and a quiz with prizes for the best questions and the best answers