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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).
| Date | # | Lecture Topic | Lab Topic | Reading |
| Wed, Jan 10 | 1 | Introduction, Organizational Items; Light: Particles, Waves, Rays, Refraction & Reflection, Becke Line, Relief | Intro to Microscope, Isotropics in thin section, Describing Minerals in Thin Section | Nesse 102-103, 114-121, 151-155 |
| Fri, Jan 12 | 2 | Refractometry: Double Refraction | Double Refraction | Nesse 122 |
| Mon, Jan 15 | Holiday: MLK Day | |||
| Wed, Jan 17 | 3 | Light and anisotropic minerals (pleochroism, retardation) | Nesse 122-125, 136 | |
| Fri, Jan 19 | 4 | Light and anisotropic minerals (interference), Birefringence-thickness-retardation, extinction, vibration directions, sign of elongation | Retardation, extinction, vibration directions, elongation | Nesse 125-129, 136, 137-139 |
| Mon, Jan 22 | 5 | Uniaxial minerals, optics, optic sign, pleochroism | Nesse 125-129 | |
| Wed, Jan 24 | 6 | Uniaxial indicatrix (terminology: XYZ, abc/a1a2a3, omega-epsilon-epsilon', alpha-beta-gamma), uniaxial conoscopy | Nesse 130-133 | |
| Fri, Jan 26 | 7 | Uniaxial Interference Figures | Uniaxial conoscopic observations | Nesse 139-143 |
| Mon, Jan 29 | 8 | Biaxial minerals, optics, optic sign, pleochroism, indicatrix, relation to crystal axes | Nesse 133-136 | |
| Wed, Jan 31 | 9 | Biaxial interference figures | Nesse 143-151 | |
| Fri, Feb 2 | 10 | Biaxial interference figures ctd. | Biaxial conoscopic observations | Nesse 143-151 |
| Mon, Feb 5 | 11 | Catch-up day/Review | ||
| Wed, Feb 7 | 12 | Lecture midterm - covers through Biaxials | Lab Midterm - covers through biaxials | |
| Fri, Feb 9 | 13 | Igneous minerals | Feldspar composition determination | Nesse 217-220 |
| Mon, Feb 12 | 14 | Igneous Rocks: Extrusive Textures | Igneous Textures & Minerals | Shelley 175-211 |
| Wed, Feb 14 | 15 | Igneous Rocks: Intrusive Textures | Shelley 211-244 | |
| Fri, Feb 16 | 16 | Sedimentary Rocks | none | |
| Mon, Feb 19 | Holiday: President's Day | |||
| Wed, Feb 21 | 17 | Metamorphic Rocks: Minerals | ||
| Fri, Feb 23 | 18 | Metamorphic Rocks: Textures | Metamorphic Textures & Minerals | Shelley 245-251, 259-270, 278-282, 287-288, 291-296 |
| Mon, Feb 26 | 19 | Metamorphic Rocks: Textures | Shelley 296-301 | |
| Wed, Feb 28 | 20 | Metamorphic Rocks: Histories | Shelley 301-313 | |
| Fri, Mar 2 | 21 | Dispersion | Nesse 151 | |
| Mon, Mar 5 | 22 | Project Presentations | ||
| Wed, Mar 7 | 23 | Project Presentations | ||
| Fri, Mar 9 | 24 | Project Presentations | ||
| Mon, Mar 12 | 25 | Project Presentations | ||
| Wed, Mar 14 | 26 | Catch-up day/Review | Lab Final Exam | |
| Fri, Mar 16 | 27 | Wrap-up & Evaluations | ||
| Tue, Mar 20 | Lecture Final Exam 3:30-5:30 | |||