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Note that this schedule may be altered during the quarter. Note also that there will likely be only a rough separation between lecture and laboratory material, and the amount of class time spent on lab (versus lecture) will vary over the course of the quarter (probably less lab time early in the quarter, more later on). Also, the extra hour will generally be spent on lab work, although early in the quarter it may be spent on lecture.
| Date | # | Lecture Topic | Lab Topic | Reading |
| Tue, Jan 7 | 1 | Introduction, Organizational Items; Light: Particles, Waves, Rays | Intro to Microscope | pp. 3-7, 16-24 |
| Thu, Jan 9 | 2 | Reflection & Refraction, Lenses, Polarization | pp. 7-15 | |
| Tue, Jan 14 | 3 | Refractometry: Relief, Becke Line, Optical Indicatrix | Isotropics in thin section, Describing minerals in thin section | Ch. 3-4 |
| Thu, Jan 16 | 4 | Light and anisotropic minerals (double refraction, pleochroism, retardation) | pp. 37-39, 51 | |
| Tue, Jan 21 | 5 | Light and anisotropic minerals (interference), Birefringence-thickness-retardation, extinction, vibration directions, sign of elongation | Double Refraction, Making a thin section | Ch. 5, 303-304 |
| Thu, Jan 23 | 6 | Uniaxial minerals & optics | pp. 53-55, 65 | |
| Tue, Jan 28 | 7 | Uniaxials: optic sign, pleochroism | Uniaxials - orthoscopy | pp. 53-65 |
| Thu, Jan 30 | 8 | Uniaxial indicatrix (terminology: XYZ, abc/a1a2a3, omega-epsilon-epsilon', alpha-beta-gamma) | pp. 55-65 | |
| Tue, Feb 4 | 9 | Conoscopy | Identification of unknowns | pp. 65-68, 109-111, Ch. 8 |
| Thu, Feb 6 | 10 | Midterm exam - covers through Lecture 8 | ||
| Tue, Feb 11 | 11 | Uniaxial Interference Figures | Uniaxials - conoscopy | pp. 65-6-73 |
| Thu, Feb 13 | 12 | Catch-up day | ||
| Tue, Feb 18 | 13 | Biaxial minerals, optics, optic sign, pleochroism, indicatrix, relation to crystal axes | Biaxials - orthoscopy | pp. 77-78, 80-84, 86-87, 104-107 |
| Thu, Feb 20 | 14 | Biaxial interference figures | pp. 87-99, 103-104 | |
| Tue, Feb 25 | 15 | Biaxial interference figures ctd. | Biaxials - conoscopy | pp. 87-99, 103-105 |
| Thu, Feb 27 | 16 | 2V, Dispersion | pp. 99-103, 108-109 | |
| Tue, Mar 4 | 17 | Structural Petrology I | Feldspars in thin section | pp. 272-281 |
| Thu, Mar 6 | 18 | Structural Petrology II | Mineral Identification | Ch. 8 |
| Tue, Mar 11 | 19 | Structural Petrology III | ||
| Thu, Mar 13 | Lab practical exam (open book) | |||
| Tue, Mar 18 | Lecture Final 8-10 am | |||