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Note that this schedule may be altered during the quarter.
Not shown on schedule below: Field Trip, Saturday, 5/19 and sessions with George Mustoe to learn to make thin sections and the use of the SEM.
| Week Number | Monday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 1 | 4/4/07 | 4/5/07 | 4/6/07 | |
| 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 | 4/9/07 | 4/11/07 | 4/12/07 | 4/13/07 |
| Lecture 3: Crystal chemistry: Packing, Ionic radii, coordination | Lecture 4: Introduction to Petrography | Lab 2: Optical Techniques & Photomicrographs | 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 | 4/16/07 | 4/18/07 | 4/19/07 | 4/20/07 |
| Lecture 6: Systematic mineralogy: Framework silicates: Quartz & Feldspar | Lecture 7: Systematic mineralogy: Framework silicates (Feldspathoids, Zeolites) | Lab 3: Framework Silicates | Lecture 8: Solid solutions | |
| Read: 201-225 | Read: 225-234, 326-337 | Read: 201-204; 208-217; 220-229 | Read: 69-72 | |
| 4 | 4/23/07 | 4/25/07 | 4/26/07 | 4/27/07 |
| Lecture 9: Chemical Analysis (SEM & EPMA) | Lecture 10: Systematic mineralogy: Sheet silicates, Ring silicates | Lab 4: Sheet, Ring Silicates | Lecture 11: Plotting mineral compositions | |
| Read: Ch. 9 | Read: Ch. 13, 300-305 | Read: 235-248; 251-257; 300-305 | Read: 72-73 | |
| 5 | 4/30/07 | 5/2/07 | 5/3/07 | 5/4/07 |
| Lecture 12: Symmetry operations, crystal axes | Lecture 13: Systematic mineralogy: Chain silicates, Bowtie silicates | Lab 5: Chain, Bowtie Silicates | Lecture 14: Midterm Exam - Covers through Lecture 11 | |
| Read: 6-8; 12-14 | Read: Ch. 14, 291-297 | Read: 261-271; 274; 277-288; 291-297 | ||
| 6 | 5/7/07 | 5/9/07 | 5/10/07 | 5/11/07 |
| Lecture 15: Crystal systems | Lecture 16: Systematic mineralogy: Island silicates | Lab 6: Island Silicates | Lecture 17: Crystal forms; morphology and symmetry | |
| Read: 8-12; 14-17 | Read: Ch. 16 | Read: Ch. 16 | Read: 24-37 | |
| 7 | 5/14/07 | 5/16/07 | 5/17/07 | 5/18/07 |
| Lecture 18: Miller indices | Lecture 19: Systematic mineralogy: halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, oxides | Lab 7: Carbonates, Sulfates, Halides, Phosphates, Oxides | Lecture 20: Miller indices, ctd. | |
| Read: 19-24 | Read: 326-327; 340; 346; 356; 374 | Read: 326-331; 334-337; 339-340; 346-349; 356; 358; 360-361; 363-367; 370-373; 374, 376; | Read: 19-24 | |
| 8 | 5/21/07 | 5/23/07 | 5/24/07 | 5/25/07 |
| Lecture 21: Crystal Nucleation and Growth; Epitaxy | Lecture 22: Systematic Mineralogy: Natives, Sulfides, Ore deposits | Lab 8: Sulfides, Natives | Lecture 23: Polymorphs, Pseudomorphs, Exsolution, Labradorescence | |
| Read: 77-82 | Read: Ch. 19-20 | Read: 378-392; 397, 400-402 | Read: 66-69; 91-93; 106-107; 212-215; 264 | |
| 9 | 5/28/07 | 5/30/07 | 5/31/07 | 6/1/07 |
| Lecture 24: HOLIDAY-Memorial Day | Lecture 25: Twinning | Lab 9: Lab Review | Lecture 26: Fluorescence, Color in minerals | |
| Read: 87-90; 92 | Read: None | Read: 39-43; 102-108 | ||
| 10 | 6/4/07 | 6/6/07 | 6/7/07 | 6/8/07 |
| Lecture 27: Magnetism & Evals | Lecture 28: Crystal defects & Mineral deformation | Lab 10: Exam | Lecture 29: Minerals & Health: asbestos; Course Evaluations | |
| Read: 39-43; 108-110 | Read: 84-87 | Read: 240-242 | ||
| Finals | 6/11/07 | 6/13/07 | 6/14/07 | 6/15/07 |
| Final Exam 10:30 am - 12:30 pm |