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Note that this schedule may be altered during the quarter.
| Week Number | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Friday |
| 1 | 3/29/05 | 3/30/05 | 4/1/05 | |
| Lab 1: Physical Mineralogy techniques | Lecture 1: Administrative stuff & Why minerals? | Lecture 2: Crystal chemistry: Atoms, bonds, structure models | ||
| Read: 34-38; 97-103, 107, 112-113; skim 410-413 | Read: None | Read: 39-53; 65; Fig 4.9 | ||
| 2 | 4/4/05 | 4/5/05 | 4/6/05 | 4/8/05 |
| Lecture 3: Introduction to Petrography | Lab 2: Optical Techniques & Photomicrographs | Lecture 4: Crystallographic Analysis (XRD) | Lecture 5: Systematic mineralogy: Framework silicates: Quartz & Feldspar | |
| Read: 118-122; 126-129; 136-139; 151-153; 157-158 | Read: 118-122; 126-129; 136-139; 151-153 | Read: Ch. 8 | Read: 201-225 | |
| 3 | 4/11/05 | 4/12/05 | 4/13/05 | 4/15/05 |
| Lecture 6: Systematic mineralogy: Carbonates & Framework silicates (Feldspathoids, Zeolites) | Lab 3: Framework Silicates, Carbonates & XRD | Lecture 7: Crystal chemistry: Packing, Ionic radii, coordination | Lecture 8: Sites, Pauling's rules | |
| Read: 225-234, 326-337 | Read: 201-204; 209-214; 225; 228-229; 326-331; 334-337 | Read: 53-62 | Read: 62-65 | |
| 4 | 4/18/05 | 4/19/05 | 4/20/05 | 4/22/05 |
| Lecture 9: Systematic mineralogy: Sheet silicates, Bowtie silicates | Lab 4: Sheet, Bowtie Silicates, Carbonates | Lecture 10: Solid solutions | Lecture 11: Chemical Analysis (SEM & EPMA) | |
| Read: Ch. 13, 291-297 | Read: 235-248; 251-257; 291-297; 332, 339-340 | Read: 69-72 | Read: Ch. 9 | |
| 5 | 4/25/05 | 4/26/05 | 4/27/05 | 4/29/05 |
| Lecture 12: Systematic mineralogy: Chain silicates, Ring silicates | Lab 5: Chain, Ring Silicates, EDS (SEM) | Lecture 13: Plotting mineral compositions | Lecture 14: Symmetry operations, crystal axes | |
| Read: Ch. 14, 300-305 | Read: 261-271; 274; 277-288; 300-305 | Read: 72-73 | Read: 6-8; 12-14 | |
| 6 | 5/2/05 | 5/3/05 | 5/4/05 | 5/6/05 |
| Lecture 15: Systematic mineralogy: Island silicates | Lab 6: Island Silicates | Lecture 16: Midterm Exam - Covers through Lecture 14 | Lecture 17: Crystal systems | |
| Read: Ch. 16 | Read: Ch. 16 | Read: None | Read: 8-12; 14-17 | |
| 7 | 5/9/05 | 5/10/05 | 5/11/05 | 5/13/05 |
| Lecture 18: Systematic mineralogy: phosphates, oxides, hydroxides | Lab 7: Phosphates, Oxides, Hydroxides, Island Silicates | Lecture 19: Crystal forms; morphology and symmetry | Lecture 20: Miller indices | |
| Read: 346-352; Ch. 18 | Read: 312, 322; 346-349; Ch. 18; 370-373 | Read: 24-37 | Read: 19-24 | |
| 8 | 5/16/05 | 5/17/05 | 5/18/05 | 5/20/05 |
| Lecture 21: Systematic Mineralogy: Sulfates, Halides, Natives, Sulfides, Ore deposits | Lab 8: Sulfates, Halides, Sulfides, Natives | Lecture 22: Miller indices, ctd. | Lecture 23: Crystal Nucleation and Growth; Epitaxy | |
| Read: Ch. 19-20 | Read: 374, 376; 378-386; 389-390; 392; Ch. 20 | Read: 19-24 | Read: 77-82 | |
| 9 | 5/23/05 | 5/24/05 | 5/25/05 | 5/27/05 |
| Lecture 24: Polymorphs, Pseudomorphs, Exsolution, Labradorescence | Lab 9: Lab Review | Lecture 25: Twinning | Lecture 26: Fluorescence, Color in minerals | |
| Read: 66-69; 91-93; 106-107; 212-215; 264 | Read: None | Read: 87-90; 92 | Read: 39-43; 102-108 | |
| 10 | 5/30/05 | 5/31/05 | 6/1/05 | 6/3/05 |
| Lecture 27: Holiday-Memorial Day | Lab 10: Exam | Lecture 28: Magnetism | Lecture 29: Crystal Deformation & Evals | |
| Read: None | Read: 39-43; 108-110 | Read: | ||
| Finals | 6/8/05 | |||
| Final Exam 10:30-12:30 a.m. | ||||