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Note that this schedule may be altered during the quarter.
Not shown on schedule below: Field Trip (March 8) and sessions to learn to make thin sections and use the SEM.
| Week Number | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Friday |
| 1 | 1/8/08 | 1/9/08 | 1/11/08 | |
| 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 | 1/14/08 | 1/15/08 | 1/16/08 | 1/18/08 |
| Lecture 3: Introduction to Petrography | Lab 2: Optical Techniques & Photomicrographs | Lecture 4: Systematic mineralogy: Framework silicates: Quartz & Feldspar | Lecture 5: Systematic mineralogy: Framework silicates (Feldspathoids, Zeolites) | |
| Read: 118-122; 126-129; 136-139; 151-153; 157-158 | Read: 118-122; 126-129; 136-139; 151-153 | Read: 201-225 | Read: 225-234, 326-337 | |
| 3 | 1/21/08 | 1/22/08 | 1/23/08 | 1/25/08 |
| HOLIDAY-MLK Day | Lab 3: Framework Silicates (also: Mineral Collection Exploration XC, 5-8 pm) |
Lecture 7: Crystal chemistry: Packing, Ionic radii, coordination | Lecture 8: Sites, Pauling's rules | |
| Read: 201-204; 208-217; 220-229 | Read: 53-62 | Read: 62-65 | ||
| 4 | 1/28/08 | 1/29/08 | 1/30/08 | 2/1/08 |
| Lecture 9: Systematic mineralogy: Sheet silicates, Ring silicates | Lab 4: Sheet, Ring Silicates | Lecture 10: Solid solutions | Lecture 11: Chemical Analysis (SEM & EPMA) | |
| Read: Ch. 13, 300-305 | Read: 235-248; 251-257; 300-305 | Read: 69-72 | Read: Ch. 9 | |
| 5 | 2/4/08 | 2/5/08 | 2/6/08 | 2/8/08 |
| Lecture 12: Systematic mineralogy: Chain silicates, Bowtie silicates | Lab 5: Chain, Bowtie Silicates | Lecture 13: Plotting mineral compositions | Lecture 14: Symmetry operations, crystal axes | |
| Read: Ch. 14, 291-297 | Read: 261-271; 274; 277-288; 291-297 | Read: 72-73 | Read: 6-8; 12-14 | |
| 6 | 2/11/08 | 2/12/08 | 2/13/08 | 2/15/08 |
| Lecture 15: Systematic mineralogy: Island silicates | Lab 6: Island Silicates | Midterm Exam - Covers through Lecture 13 | Lecture 17: Systematic mineralogy: halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, oxides | |
| Read: Ch. 16 | Read: Ch. 16 | Read: 326-327; 340; 346; 356; 374 | ||
| 7 | 2/18/08 | 2/19/08 | 2/20/08 | 2/22/08 |
| HOLIDAY-Presidents' Day | Lab 7: Carbonates, Sulfates, Halides, Phosphates, Oxides | Lecture 19: Crystal systems | Lecture 20: Crystal forms; morphology and symmetry | |
| Read: 326-331; 334-337; 339-340; 346-349; 356; 358; 360-361; 363-367; 370-373; 374, 376; | Read: 8-12; 14-17 | Read: 24-37 | ||
| 8 | 2/25/08 | 2/26/08 | 2/27/08 | 2/29/08 |
| Lecture 21: Systematic Mineralogy: Natives, Sulfides, Ore deposits | Lab 8: Sulfides, Natives | Lecture 22: Miller indices | Lecture 23: Miller indices, ctd. | |
| Read: Ch. 19-20 | Read: 378-392; 397, 400-402 | Read: 19-24 | Read: 19-24 | |
| 9 | 3/3/08 | 3/4/08 | 3/5/08 | 3/7/08 |
| Lecture 24: Crystal Nucleation and Growth; Epitaxy | Lab 9: Lab Review Game | Lecture 25: Polymorphs, Pseudomorphs, Exsolution, Labradorescence | Lecture 26: Twinning | |
| Read: 77-82 | Read: None | Read: 66-69; 91-93; 106-107; 212-215; 264 | Read: 87-90; 92 | |
| 10 | 3/10/08 | 3/11/08 | 3/12/08 | 3/14/08 |
| Lecture 27: Fluorescence, Color in minerals | Lab 10: Exam | Lecture 28: Magnetism & Evals | Lecture 29: Crystal defects & Mineral deformation | |
| Read: 39-43; 102-108 | Read: 39-43; 108-110 | Read: 84-87 | ||
| Finals | 3/17/08 | 3/18/08 | 3/19/08 | 3/21/08 |
| Final Exam: 10:30-12:30 |