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1 ENVG Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy Instructor: Dr. Peter C. Burns Office: 156A Fitzpatrick Hall Telephone: pburns@nd.edu Class: Monday and Friday 9:35 Nieuwland 182 Lab: Thursday 2:00 Fitzpatrick 161 TA: Tori Ziemann Required Textbooks: Manual of Mineral Science, 22 st Edition, Cornelis Klein Introduction to Optical Mineralogy, 3 nd Edition, Willian D. Nesse Evaluation Procedure: Lecture: Midterm Examination, October 11 20% Final Examination 40% Laboratory: Assignments 10% Lab Tests & Quizzes 10% Lab Final Examination 20% Notes: (1) Attendance to all lectures and labs is mandatory. (2) Lab rules must be followed at all times when working in room Fitzpatrick 161.
2 ENVG Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy: Lecture Titles Lecture Schedule: M, F 9:35 10:25 a.m., NIEU 182 Introduction, History of Mineralogy Properties of Minerals Mineral Classification Symmetry and Crystallography: Operators Symmetry and Crystallography: Point Groups Symmetry and Crystallography: Directions in Crystals Symmetry and Crystallography: Space Groups Crystal Chemistry Metals, Sulphides Oxides, Hydroxides, Halides Light, Microscopes Relief, Plane-Polarized Light, Thin Sections Interference of Light, Cross-Polarized Light, Extinction The Optical Indicatrix Conoscopic Illumination, Uniaxial Figures Carbonates, Phosphates Conoscopic Illumination, Uniaxial Figures Biaxial Indicatrix, Biaxial Figures Quartz, Feldspars Feldspars, Feldspathoids, Zeolites Phyllosilicates Inosilicates Cyclosilicates, Sorosilicates, Nesosilicates
3 ENVG Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy: Lab Titles Lab Schedule: Room 161 Fitzpatrick Required Equipment: pencil, ruler, protractor, needle, nail, penny, hand lens, magnet Specimens: The mineral specimens relevant to this course are contained in labeled drawers in Fitzpatrick Symmetry and Crystallography I 2. Introduction to Mineral Properties, Mineral Chemistry 3. Metals, Sulphides, Oxides, Hydroxides, Halides 4. Symmetry and Crystallography II 5. MINERAL QUIZ, Introduction to the Microscope, Refractive Indices, Becke Line 6. Plane-Polarized Light, Thin Sections, Cross-Polarized Light, Features in Thin Section 7. Carbonates, Phosphates, Borates 8. Conoscopic Illumination, Uniaxial Figures 9. Conoscopic Illumination, Biaxial Figures 10. Quartz, Feldspars, Feldspathoids, Zeolites, Phyllosilicates 11. MINERAL QUIZ Inosilicates, Cyclosilicates, Sorosilicates, Nesosilicates 12. EXAM
4 ENVG Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy Students are required to be able to recognize the following minerals in hand specimen Students must know the chemical formula for each mineral Elements Copper Iron Sulphur Graphite Oxides Corundum Hematite Illmenite Rutile Pyrolusite Cassiterite Spinel Magnetite Chromite Hydroxides Brucite Manganite Goethite Bauxite Carbonates Calcite Magnesite Siderite Rhodocrosite Dolomite Aragonite Malachite Azurite Borates Colemanite Kernite Sulfates Barite Celestite Anhydrite Anglesite Gypsum Phosphates Apatite Monazite Sulfides Chalcocite Bornite Galena Sphalerite Chalcopyrite Pyrrhotite Covellite Cinnabar Realgar Stibnite Pyrite Marcasite Arsenopyrite Molybdenite Halides Halite Fluorite
5 Sylvite
6 Silicates Tectosilicates Inosilicates Quartz Amphiboles Opal Anthophyllite Alkali Feldspars Cummingtonite Sanadine Grunerite Orthoclase Tremolite Microcline Actinolite Plagioclase Feldspars Hornblende Albite Glaucophane Oligioclase Riebeckite Andesine Pyroxenes Labradorite Enstatite Bytownite Hypersthene Anorthite Pigeonite Leucite Diopside Nepheline Hedenbergite Sodalite Augite Chabazite Jadeite Aegirine Phyllosilicates Spodumene Serpentine Kaolinite Cyclosilicates Talc Beryl Muscovite Tourmaline Biotite Chlorite Sorosilicates Epidote Nesosilicates Vesuvianite Olive Forsterite Fayalite Garnet Pyrope Almandine Spessartine Grossular Andradite Zircon Andalusite Sillimanite Kyanite
7 Topaz Staurolite
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