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Note that this schedule may be altered during the quarter.
| Date | Lecture | Lab | Reading | ||
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| Wed, Jan 8 | 1 | Administrative stuff & Why minerals? | |||
| Thu, Jan 9 | 1 | Physical properties of minerals and determinative techniques | 34-38; 97-103, 107, 113; skim Appendix B | ||
| Fri, Jan 10 | 2 | Crystal chemistry: Atoms, bonds, structure models | 39-53; 65; Fig 4.9 | ||
| Mon, Jan 13 | 3 | Crystal chemistry: Packing, Ionic radii, coordination | 53-62 | ||
| Wed, Jan 15 | 4 | Sites, Pauling's rules | 62-65 | ||
| Thu, Jan 16 | 2 | Jigsaw mineralogy I (Native elements, Sulfides) | Ch. 19-20 | ||
| Fri, Jan 17 | 5 | Solid solutions | 69-72 | ||
| Mon, Jan 20 | HOLIDAY-Martin Luther King Day | ||||
| Wed, Jan 22 | 6 | Plotting mineral compositions | 72-73 | ||
| Thu, Jan 23 | 3 | Jigsaw mineralogy II (Oxides, Hydroxides, Halides, Carbonates, Borates, Sulfates) | Ch. 17-18 | ||
| Fri, Jan 24 | 7 | Symmetry operations, crystal axes | 6-8; 12-14 | ||
| Mon, Jan 27 | 8 | Crystal systems | 8-12; 14-17 | ||
| Wed, Jan 29 | 9 | Crystal Forms | 24-37 | ||
| Thu, Jan 30 | 4 | Jigsaw mineralogy III (Island, Bowtie, Ring Silicates, Pyroxenes) | Ch. 15-16; 261-277 | ||
| Fri, Jan 31 | 10 | Miller indices | 19-24 | ||
| Mon, Feb 3 | 11 | Systematic Mineralogy: Natives, Sulfides, Ore deposits | Ch. 19-20 | ||
| Wed, Feb 5 | 12 | Systematic mineralogy: Oxides, hydroxides, halides | Ch. 18 | ||
| Thu, Feb 6 | 5 | Jigsaw mineralogy IV (Amphiboles, Sheet, Framework silicates) | Ch. 12-13; 277-290 | ||
| Fri, Feb 7 | 13 | Systematic mineralogy: Carbonates & evaporite deposits | Ch. 17 | ||
| Mon, Feb 10 | Midterm Exam - Covers through Lecture 12 | ||||
| Wed, Feb 12 | 14 | Introduction to Petrography | 118-129; 136-139; 151-155; 157-159 | ||
| Thu, Feb 13 | 6 | Optical properties of minerals and petrographic techniques | |||
| Fri, Feb 14 | 15 | Systematic mineralogy: Island silicates, bowtie silicates, ring silicates | Ch. 15-16 | ||
| Mon, Feb 17 | HOLIDAY-Presidents' Day | ||||
| Wed, Feb 19 | 16 | Systematic mineralogy: Chain silicates | Ch. 14 | ||
| Thu, Feb 20 | 7 | Petrography I (Carbonates, Island, Bowtie, Ring silicates, Pyroxenes) | See Lab | ||
| Fri, Feb 21 | 17 | Systematic mineralogy: Sheet silicates, clays | Ch. 13 | ||
| Mon, Feb 24 | 18 | Systematic mineralogy: Framework silicates: Quartz & Feldspar | 201-225 | ||
| Wed, Feb 26 | 19 | Systematic mineralogy: Framework silicates: Feldspathoids, Zeolites | 225-234 | ||
| Thu, Feb 27 | 8 | Petrography II (Amphiboles, Sheet, Framework Silicates) | See Lab | ||
| Fri, Feb 28 | 20 | Phase diagrams, Polymorphs | 66-69; 81-83 | ||
| Mon, Mar 3 | 21 | Exsolution, Labradorescence, Crystal zoning | 91-92;106-107; 212-215; 264; 308-309 | ||
| Wed, Mar 5 | 22 | Mineral analysis: chemistry & structure | Ch. 8-9 | ||
| Thu, Mar 6 | 9 | Minerals in Rocks | |||
| Fri, Mar 7 | 23 | Twinning, Epitaxy, Pseudomorphs | 77-81; 87-90; 92 | ||
| Mon, Mar 10 | 24 | Fluorescence, Color in minerals | 39-43; 102-108 | ||
| Wed, Mar 12 | 25 | Magnetism | 39-43; 108-110 | ||
| Thu, Mar 13 | 10 | Lab practical exam | |||
| Fri, Mar 14 | 26 | Crystal defects & Mineral deformation | 84-87; Microtectonics handout | ||
| Thu, Mar 20 | Final Exam, 10:30 am, ES 223 | ||||