GEOL3010L Fall semester 2003 (version 2)

 

 

 

 

 

Place:

 

Geology Rooms 325 and 327

Brian Veal

Time:

 

M and W 1:25-3:20 PM or 3:35-5:30 PM

wbveal@uga.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Month

Date

Topics

Reading*

Aug.

18

Descriptive mineralogy

Chapter 2

Aug.

20

Native elements and sulfides

Chapter 8

Aug.

25

Crystallography - Crystal models

Chapter 5

Aug.

27

Crystallography - Crystal models

Chapter 5

Sept.

1

Labor Day - no class

 

Sept.

3

Oxides, hydroxides, halides

Chapter 9

Sept.

8

Crystallography - Symmetry diagrams

Chapter 5

Sept.

10

Carbonates, sulfates and phosphates

Chapter 10

Sept.

15

Crystallography - Zones and d-spacings

Chapter 5

Sept.

17

X-ray Crystallography - XRD demonstration

Chapter 7

Sept.

22

X-ray Crystallography - XRD calculations

Chapter 7

Sept.

24

Tectosilicates,  Phyllosilicates

Chapters 11 and 12

Sept.

29

Inosilicates

Chapters 11 and 12

Oct.

1

Lab exam #1

Chapters 11 and 12

Oct.

6

Microprobe demonstration

Chapter 7

Oct.

8

Chemical recalculation lab (Geoscience Learning Center)

Chapter 7

Oct.

13

Nesosilicates, Sorosilicates, Cyclosilicates

Chapters 11 and 12

Oct.

15

Nesosilicates, Sorosilicates, Cyclosilicates

Chapters 11 and 12

Oct.

20

Finish systematic note books

Chapters 11 and 12

Oct.

22

Lab exam #2

 

 

 

*Textbook: Klein - Mineral Science 22nd, J. Wiley 2002