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Note that this schedule may be altered during the quarter.
| Week Number | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Friday |
| 1 | 1/4/06 | 1/6/06 | ||
| Lecture 1: Administrative stuff & Why minerals? | Lecture 2: Crystal chemistry: Atoms, bonds, structure models | |||
| Read: None | Read: 39-53; 65; Fig 4.9 | |||
| 2 | 1/9/06 | 1/10/06 | 1/11/06 | 1/13/06 |
| Lecture 3: Crystal chemistry: Packing, Ionic radii, coordination | Lab 2: Physical Mineralogy techniques | Lecture 4: Sites, Pauling's rules | Lecture 5: Introduction to Petrography | |
| Read: 53-62 | Read: 34-38; 97-103, 107, 112-113; skim 410-413 | Read: 62-65 | Read: 118-122; 126-129; 136-139; 151-153; 157-158 | |
| 3 | 1/16/06 | 1/17/06 | 1/18/06 | 1/20/06 |
| Lecture 6: HOLIDAY-MLK Day | Lab 3: Optical Techniques & Photomicrographs | Lecture 7: Crystallographic Analysis (XRD) | Lecture 8: Systematic mineralogy: Framework silicates: Quartz & Feldspar | |
| Read: 118-122; 126-129; 136-139; 151-153 | Read: Ch. 8 | Read: 201-225 | ||
| 4 | 1/23/06 | 1/24/06 | 1/25/06 | 1/27/06 |
| Lecture 9: Systematic mineralogy: Carbonates & Framework silicates (Feldspathoids, Zeolites) | Lab 4: Framework Silicates, Carbonates & XRD | Lecture 10: Solid solutions | Lecture 11: Plotting mineral compositions | |
| Read: 225-234, 326-337 | Read: 201-204; 209-214; 225; 228-229; 326-331; 334-337 | Read: 69-72 | Read: 72-73 | |
| 5 | 1/30/06 | 1/31/06 | 2/1/06 | 2/3/06 |
| Lecture 12: Systematic mineralogy: Sheet silicates, Bowtie silicates | Lab 5: Sheet, Bowtie Silicates, Carbonates | Lecture 13: Chemical Analysis (SEM & EPMA) | Lecture 14: Systematic mineralogy: Chain silicates, Ring silicates | |
| Read: Ch. 13, 291-297 | Read: 235-248; 251-257; 291-297; 332, 339-340 | Read: Ch. 9 | Read: Ch. 14, 300-305 | |
| 6 | 2/6/06 | 2/7/06 | 2/8/06 | 2/10/06 |
| Lecture 15: Symmetry operations, crystal axes | Lab 6: Chain, Ring Silicates, EDS (SEM) | Lecture 16: Midterm Exam - Covers through Lecture 14 | Lecture 17: Crystal systems | |
| Read: 6-8; 12-14 | Read: 261-271; 274; 277-288; 300-305 | Read: 8-12; 14-17 | ||
| 7 | 2/13/06 | 2/14/06 | 2/15/06 | 2/17/06 |
| Lecture 18: Systematic mineralogy: Island silicates | Lab 7: Island Silicates | Lecture 19: Crystal forms; morphology and symmetry | Lecture 20: Systematic mineralogy: phosphates, oxides, hydroxides | |
| Read: Ch. 16 | Read: Ch. 16 | Read: 24-37 | Read: 346-352; Ch. 18 | |
| 8 | 2/20/06 | 2/21/06 | 2/22/06 | 2/24/06 |
| Lecture 21: HOLIDAY-Presidents' Day | Lab 8: Phosphates, Oxides, Hydroxides, Island Silicates | Lecture 22: Miller indices | Lecture 23: Miller indices, ctd. | |
| Read: 312, 322; 346-349; Ch. 18; 370-373 | Read: 19-24 | Read: 19-24 | ||
| 9 | 2/27/06 | 2/28/06 | 3/1/06 | 3/3/06 |
| Lecture 24: Systematic Mineralogy: Sulfates, Halides, Natives, Sulfides, Ore deposits | Lab 9: Sulfates, Halides, Sulfides, Natives | Lecture 25: Crystal Nucleation and Growth; Epitaxy | Lecture 26: Polymorphs, Pseudomorphs, Exsolution, Labradorescence | |
| Read: Ch. 19-20 | Read: 374, 376; 378-386; 389-390; 392; Ch. 20 | Read: 77-82 | Read: 66-69; 91-93; 106-107; 212-215; 264 | |
| 10 | 3/6/06 | 3/7/06 | 3/8/06 | 3/10/06 |
| Lecture 27: Twinning | Lab 10: Exam | Lecture 28: Fluorescence, Color in minerals | Lecture 29: Magnetism & Evals | |
| Read: 87-90; 92 | Read: 39-43; 102-108 | Read: 39-43; 108-110 | ||
| Finals | Thursday, 3/16/06 | |||
| Final Exam 10:30-12:30 | ||||