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Note that this schedule may be altered during the quarter.
| Week Number | Monday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 1 | Mar 31 | Apr 1 | Apr 2 | |
| Lecture 1: Administrative stuff & Why minerals? | Lab 1: Physical Mineralogy techniques | Lecture 2: Crystal chemistry: Atoms, bonds, structure models | ||
| Read: None | Read: 34-38; 97-103, 107, 112-113; skim 410-413 | Read: 39-53; 65; Fig 4.9 | ||
| 2 | Apr 5 | Apr 7 | Apr 8 | Apr 9 |
| Lecture 3: Crystal chemistry: Packing, Ionic radii, coordination | Lecture 4: Introduction to Petrography | Lab 2: Optical Techniques | Lecture 5: Sites, Pauling's rules | |
| Read: 53-62 | Read: 118-122; 126-129; 136-139; 151-153; 157-158 | Read: 118-122; 126-129; 136-139; 151-153 | Read: 62-65 | |
| 3 | Apr 12 | Apr 14 | Apr 15 | Apr 16 |
| Lecture 6: Systematic mineralogy: Framework silicates: Quartz & Feldspar | Lecture 7: Solid solutions | Lab 3: Framework Silicates | Lecture 8: Systematic mineralogy: Framework silicates: Feldspathoids, Zeolites | |
| Read: 201-225 | Read: 69-72 | Read: 201-204; 209-214; 225; 228-229 | Read: 225-234 | |
| 4 | Apr 19 | Apr 21 | Apr 22 | Apr 23 |
| Lecture 9: Plotting mineral compositions | Lecture 10: Systematic mineralogy: Sheet silicates, clays | Lab 4: Sheet silicates | Lecture 11: Symmetry operations, crystal axes | |
| Read: 72-73 | Read: Ch. 13 | Read: 235-240; 252-257 | Read: 6-8; 12-14 | |
| 5 | Apr 26 | Apr 28 | Apr 29 | Apr 30 |
| Lecture 12: Crystal systems | Lecture 13: Systematic mineralogy: Chain silicates | Lab 5: Chain Silicates | Lecture 14: Crystal forms; morphology and symmetry | |
| Read: 8-12; 14-17 | Read: Ch. 14 | Read: 261-265; 277-280 | Read: 24-37 | |
| 6 | May 3 | May 5 | May 6 | May 7 |
| Lecture 15: Midterm Exam - Covers through Chain Silicates | Lecture 16: Systematic mineralogy: Island silicates, bowtie silicates, ring silicates | Lab 6: Bowtie & Ring Silicates & Carbonates | Lecture 17: Miller indices | |
| Read: Ch. 15-16 | Read: 291-293; 300; 326-329 | Read: 19-24 | ||
| 7 | May 10 | May 12 | May 13 | May 14 |
| Lecture 18: Miller indices, ctd. | Lecture 19: Crystallographic Analysis | Lab 7: Island Silicates | Lecture 20: Systematic mineralogy: Carbonates, Oxides, hydroxides, halides | |
| Read: 19-24 | Read: Ch. 8 | Read: 306-307 | Read: Ch. 17-18 | |
| 8 | May 17 | May 19 | May 20 | May 21 |
| Lecture 21: Systematic Mineralogy: Natives, Sulfides, Ore deposits | Lecture 22: Chemical Analysis | Lab 8: Sulfates, Phosphates, Oxides, Hydroxides | Lecture 23: Crystal Nucleation and Growth; Epitaxy | |
| Read: Ch. 19-20 | Read: Ch. 9 | Read: 340-341; 346; 356-360;370-373 | Read: 77-82 | |
| 9 | May 24 | May 26 | May 27 | May 28 |
| Lecture 24: Polymorphs, Pseudomorphs, Exsolution, Labradorescence | Lecture 25: Twinning | Lab 9: Halides, Sulfides, Natives | Lecture 26: Fluorescence, Color in minerals | |
| Read: 66-69; 91-93; 106-107; 212-215; 264 | Read: 87-90; 92 | Read: 374; 378-382; 397-398 | Read: 39-43; 102-108 | |
| 10 | May 31 | Jun 2 | Jun 3 | Jun 4 |
| Lecture 27: Holiday-Memorial Day | Lecture 28: Magnetism | Lab 10: Exam | Lecture 29: Crystal defects & Mineral deformation | |
| Read: 39-43; 108-110 | Read: 84-87 | |||
| Finals | Jun 7 | Jun 9 | Jun 10 | Jun 11 |
| Final Exam 10:30-12:30 a.m. |