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The textbook for the course is Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy, by Melinda Darby Dyar, Mickey E. Gunter and Dennis Tasa, 2008. It includes a DVD with excellent animations, etc. It is available at the bookstore, but can also be ordered at a discount from the Mineralogical Society of America. at https://msa.minsocam.org/publications.html. It is also available, by chapter, as iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/mineralogy-optical-mineralogy/id806217157?mt=11.
| Chapter | Lab | Pages | Sections | ||
| Wed | Jan 17 |
Introduction | xi - xxi | ||
| Thur | Jan 18 | No Lab | |||
| Mon | Jan 22 | 1. The Essence of Mineralogy | 1 - 7 | What is a mineral? Chemical elements | |
| Wed | Jan 24 | 7-12 | Crystal Systems, Optical Classes | ||
| Thur | Jan 25 | The Big Ten | 12 - 18 | ||
| Mon | Jan 29 | 3. Crystal Chemistry | 47 - 57 | Atoms, Ions and Bonds | |
| Wed | Jan 31 | 58 - 68 | Ionic Sizes and Coordination Numbers | ||
| Thur | Feb 1 | 2. Hand Sample Identification | |||
| Mon | Feb 5 | 4. Crystallography | 69 - 80 | 2D, 3D, Steronets - Crystal Systems in 3D | |
| Wed | Feb 7 | 5. Optical Mineralogy | 81 - 102 | Optical Mineralogy | |
| Thur | Feb 8 | Crystal Models, Stacking, etc. lab | |||
| Mon | Feb 12 | 7. Chemistry of the Elements | 121 - 148 | Big Bang, Structure, Size, Color, Substitution |
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| Wed | Feb 14 | 8. Bonding and Packing in Minerals | 148 - 168 | Phase Diagrams, Bonds | |
| Thur | Feb 15 | First Graded Learning Opportunity | |||
| Mon | Feb 19 | 11. Introduction to Symmetry | 225 - 251 | Symmetry | |
| Wed | Feb 21 | 12. Symmetry | 251 - 273 | Point Operations, Crystal Systems | |
| Thur | Feb 22 | Symmetry Lab | |||
| Mon | Feb 26 | 15. Diffraction | 363 - 400 | Theory, Powder Diffraction Technique | |
| Wed | Feb 28 | 16. Intro to Optics | 401 - 412 | Intro to Optics |
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| Thur | Mar 1 | XRD Preparation | |||
| Spring Break | |||||
| Mon | Mar 12 | 408, 413 - 418 | The Rainbow - Anisotropic Materials | ||
| Wed | Mar 14 | 418 - 434 | Polarized Light | ||
| Thur | Mar 15 | Light and Polaraized Light | |||
| Mon | Mar 19 | NEGSA in Burlington, VT | |||
| Wed | Mar 21 | 17. Optical Crystallography | 435 - 454 | Birefringence, Retardation, Interference Figures | |
| Thur | Mar 22 | XRD | |||
| Mon | Mar 26 | 457 - 460 | The Indicatrix Revisited | ||
| Wed | Mar 38 | 460 - 480 | Dispersion and other Phenomena | ||
| Thur | Mar 29 | Second Graded Learning Opportunity | |||
| Mon | Apr 2 | 20. Environments of Mineral Formation | 535 - 538 | Some Thermodynamics | |
| Wed | Apr 4 | 538 - 539 | Binary Phase Diagrams | ||
| Thur | Apr 5 | The Petrographic Microscope | |||
| Mon | Apr 9 | 539 - 542 | Complex Binary phase diagrams | ||
| Wed | Apr 11 | 542 - 544 | Ternary Phase Diagrams | ||
| Thur | Apr 12 | Optical Mineralogy | |||
| Mon | Apr 16 | Bowen's Continuous Series | |||
| Wed | Apr 18 | ||||
| Thur | Apr 19 | Igneous Rocks in Thin Section | |||
| Mon | Apr 23 | 536 - 538 | Metamorphic Phase Diagrams | ||
| Wed | Apr 25 | Metamorphic Facies | |||
| Thur | Apr 26 | Other Rocks in Thin Section | |||
| Mon | Apr 30 | 545 - 553 | |||
| Thur | May 3 | Final Graded Learning Opportunity 10:15 AM | |||
Each of the first two Graded Learning Opportunities will count 20% of your grade, the Final Graded Learning Opportunity will count 40% of your grade, class participation and lab performance will contribute the other 20%. Exams will try to probe your understanding and comprehension of the material.
If you desire to see it modified to include additional material, or omit material which you believe has been adequately covered in some other course, please bring this to my attention as soon as possible.
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