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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).
| Week Number | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Friday |
| 1 | 1/8/08 | 1/9/08 | 1/11/08 | |
| Lab 1: None | Lecture 1: Introduction, Organizational Items; Light: Particles, Waves, Rays, Refraction & Reflection, Becke Line, Relief | Lecture 2: Refractometry: Double Refraction | ||
| Read: N/A | Read: TBA | Read: TBA | ||
| 2 | 1/14/08 | 1/15/08 | 1/16/08 | 1/18/08 |
| Lecture 3: Light and anisotropic minerals (pleochroism, retardation) | Lab 2: Intro to Microscope, Isotropics in thin section, Describing Minerals in Thin Section | Lecture 4: Light and anisotropic minerals (interference), Birefringence-thickness-retardation, extinction, vibration directions, sign of elongation | Lecture 5: Uniaxial minerals, optics, optic sign, pleochroism | |
| Read: TBA | Read: TBA | Read: TBA | Read: TBA | |
| 3 | 1/21/08 | 1/22/08 | 1/23/08 | 1/25/08 |
| HOLIDAY-MLK Day | Lab 3: Retardation, extinction, vibration directions, elongation | Lecture 7: Uniaxial indicatrix (terminology: XYZ, abc/a1a2a3, omega-epsilon-epsilon', alpha-beta-gamma), uniaxial conoscopy | Lecture 8: Uniaxial Interference Figures | |
| Read: TBA | Read: TBA | Read: TBA | ||
| 4 | 1/28/08 | 1/29/08 | 1/30/08 | 2/1/08 |
| Lecture 9: Biaxial minerals, optics, optic sign, pleochroism, indicatrix, relation to crystal axes | Lab 4: Uniaxial conoscopic observations | Lecture 10: Biaxial interference figures | Lecture 11: Biaxial interference figures ctd. | |
| Read: TBA | Read: TBA | Read: TBA | Read: TBA | |
| 5 | 2/4/08 | 2/5/08 | 2/8/08 | 2/6/08 |
| Lecture 12: Catch-up day/Review | Lab 5: Biaxial conoscopic observations | Lecture 13: Igneous minerals | Lecture 14: Lecture midterm - covers through Biaxials | |
| Read: TBA | Read: TBA | Read: TBA | ||
| 6 | 2/11/08 | 2/12/08 | 2/13/08 | 2/15/08 |
| Lecture 15: Igneous Rocks: Extrusive Textures | Lab 6: Dispersion, Feldspars | Lecture 16: Igneous Rocks: Intrusive Textures | Lecture 17: Igneous Rocks: Intrusive Textures | |
| Read: TBA | Read: TBA | Read: TBA | Read: TBA | |
| 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: Metamorphic Rocks: Minerals | Lecture 20: Metamorphic Rocks: Textures | |
| Read: TBA | Read: TBA | Read: TBA | ||
| 8 | 2/25/08 | 2/26/08 | 2/27/08 | 2/29/08 |
| Lecture 21: Metamorphic Rocks: Textures | Lab 8: Igneous Textures & Minerals | Lecture 22: Metamorphic Rocks: Histories | Lecture 23: Dispersion | |
| Read: TBA | Read: TBA | Read: TBA | Read: TBA | |
| 9 | 3/3/08 | 3/4/08 | 3/5/08 | 3/7/08 |
| Lecture 24: Project Presentations | Lab 9: Metamorphic Textures & Minerals | Lecture 25: Catch-up day/ Review | Lecture 26: Project Presentations | |
| Read: TBA | Read: TBA | Read: TBA | Read: TBA | |
| 10 | 3/10/08 | 3/11/08 | 3/12/08 | 3/14/08 |
| Lecture 27: Project Presentations | Lab 10: Lab Practical Exam | Lecture 28: Catch-up day/Review | Lecture 29: Wrap-up & Evaluations | |
| Read: TBA | Read: TBA | Read: TBA | ||
| Finals | 3/17/08 | 3/18/08 | 3/19/08 | 3/21/08 |
| Final Exam: 3:30-5:30 |