GEOLOGY 17.01: MINERALOGY, Fall 2007

Lecture TopicsLaboratory Topics
08/28
Introduction to Light, Polarized Light, Refractive Index
Powerpoint Presentation PDF
08/30

Optical Properties and the Polarized Light Microscope 1
Lab Assignment Handout

09/4
Cross Polarized Light and Interference
Powerpoint Presentation PDF
09/6

Optical Properties and the Polarized Light Microscope 2
Lab Assignment Handout

09/11

Essential Principles of Chemistry
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Basic Chemisty Definitions
Good Periodic Table for Mineralogy(BW)
Good Periodic Table for Mineralogy(COL)

09/20
Common Minerals in Sedimentary Rocks 1
Lab Assignment Handout
Quiz: OpticsQuiz: Optical Properties
09/25
Pauling's Rules and Silicate Structures
Powerpoint Presentation PDF
09/27
Common Minerals in Sedimentary Rocks 2
Lab Assignment Handout
10/2
Symmetry (Part 1)
Powerpoint Presentation PDF
10/4
Common Minerals in Felsic Igneous Rocks
Lab Assignment Handout
Quiz: Mineral ChemistryQuiz: Minerals in Sedimentary Rocks
10/9
Symmetry (Part 2)
Point Groups and Crystal Systems
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10/11

Common Minerals in Mafic Igneous Rocks
Lab Assignment Handout

Lab Assignment Handout

10/16

X-Ray Diffraction
Powerpoint Presentation PDF

10/18
Lab Midterm
Allowable Aids: Mineral Tables, Textbook, Hand Lens, Magnet, Hardness Testing Materials, HCl
10/23

Lecture Midterm
Allowable Aids: Non-Annotated Periodic Table, Calculator
Example Midterm

10/25
Common Minerals in Metabasalts
Lab Assignment Handout
10/30

GSA - No Class

11/1
Common Minerals in Metapelites and Marbles
Lab Assignment Handout
11/6
Minerals and Igneous Rocks
Powerpoint Presentation PDF
11/8
X-Ray Diffraction
Quiz: Minerals in Metamorphic Rocks
11/6

Minerals and Sedimentary Rocks
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11/15
Common Ore Minerals
Lab Assignment Handout
11/27
Minerals and Metamorphic Rocks
Powerpoint Presentation PDF
11/20
Asbestos Analysis and the PLM
12/4
Minerals and Hydrothermal Systems
Powerpoint Presentation PDF
12/6
Lab Review
Mineral Associations Concept Map
Project Due
12/11
Lecture Review
12/13
Lab Exam
Allowable Aids: Mineral Tables, Textbook, Hand Lens, Magnet, Hardness Testing Materials, HCl

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