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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). The readings refer to Nesse "Introduction to Optical Mineralogy", third edition.
| Week Number | Lab | Monday | Tuesday | Thursday |
| 1 | Lab 1: None | 1/6/09 | 1/8/09 | |
| Lecture 1: Introduction, Organizational Items; Light: Particles, Waves, Rays, Refraction & Reflection, Becke Line, Relief | Lecture 2: Refractometry: Double Refraction | |||
| Read: N/A | Read: Ch. 1, Ch. 3 | Read: Handout | ||
| 2 | Lab 2: Intro to Microscope, Isotropics in thin section, Describing Minerals in Thin Section | 1/12/09 | 1/13/09 | 1/15/09 |
| Lecture 3: Light and anisotropic minerals (retardation & interference) | 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: Nesse Ch. 2-4 | Read: 37-45 | Read: 37-45 | Read: Ch. 6 | |
| 3 | Lab 3: Orthoscopy | 1/19/09 | 1/20/09 | 1/22/09 |
| Lecture 6: HOLIDAY-MLK Day | Lecture 7: Uniaxial indicatrix (terminology: XYZ, abc/a1a2a3, omega-epsilon-epsilon', alpha-beta-gamma), uniaxial conoscopy | Lecture 8: Uniaxial Interference Figures | ||
| Read: Nesse Ch. 5 | Read: None | Read: Ch. 6 | Read: Ch. 6 | |
| 4 | Lab 4: Uniaxial conoscopic observations | 1/26/09 | 1/27/09 | 1/29/09 |
| Lecture 9: Biaxial minerals, optics, optic sign, pleochroism, indicatrix, relation to crystal axes | Lecture 10: Biaxial interference figures | Lecture 11: Biaxial interference figures ctd. | ||
| Read: Nesse Ch. 6 | Read: Ch. 7 | Read: Ch. 7 | Read: Ch. 7 | |
| 5 | Lab 5: Biaxial conoscopic observations | 2/2/09 | 2/3/09 | 2/5/09 |
| Lecture 12: Catch-up day/Review | Lecture 13: Biaxial interference figures ctd. | Lecture 14: Igneous minerals | ||
| Read: Nesse Ch. 7 | Read: None | Read: Ch. 7 | Read: Handout | |
| 6 | Lab 6: Dispersion, Feldspars | 2/9/09 | 2/10/09 | 2/12/09 |
| Lecture 15: Igneous Rocks: Extrusive Textures | Lecture 16: Lab midterm exam | Lecture 17: Lecture midterm exam - covers through Biaxials | ||
| Read: p. 106-108, 134-151 | Read: Handout | |||
| 7 | Lab 7: Sedimentary Minerals & Textures | 2/16/09 | 2/17/09 | 2/19/09 |
| Lecture 18: HOLIDAY-Presidents' Day | Lecture 19: Igneous Rocks: Intrusive Textures | Lecture 20: Metamorphic Rocks: Minerals | ||
| Read: None | Read: None | Read: Handout | Read: Handout | |
| 8 | Lab 8: Igneous Minerals & Textures | 2/23/09 | 2/24/09 | 2/26/09 |
| Lecture 21: Metamorphic Rocks: Textures | Lecture 22: Metamorphic Rocks: Textures | Lecture 23: Metamorphic Rocks: Histories | ||
| Read: Handouts | Read: Handout | Read: Handout | Read: Handout | |
| 9 | Lab 9: Metamorphic Minerals & Textures | 3/2/09 | 3/3/09 | 3/5/09 |
| Lecture 24: Website design training | Lecture 25: Igneous Textures | Lecture 26: Lab work | ||
| Read: Handouts | Read: None | Read: None | Read: None | |
| 10 | 3/9/09 | 3/10/09 | 3/12/09 | |
| Lecture 27: Project Presentations | Lecture 28: Project Presentations | Lecture 29: Wrap-up & Evaluations | ||
| Read: None | Read: None | Read: None | ||
| Finals | Lab Exam: 3/16-3/19; Due 5 pm 3/19 | 3/16/09 | 3/17/09 | 3/19/09 |
| Final Exam: 8:00-10:00 |