Geol 2101: Mineralogy and Crystallography

Note: schedules shown below are tentative and are subject to change.

Lecture schedule
Week	Date	Topic	Reading (Nesse)
1	8/29-8/30	Course Intro and Crystallography	Ch. 1 & 2
2	9/3-9/7	Mineral Chemistry	Ch. 3
3	9/10-9/14	Crystal Structure and Growth	Ch. 4 & 5
4	9/17-9/21	Native Elements and Sulfides	Ch. 19 & 20
5	9/24-9/28	Oxides, Hydroxides, and Halides	Ch. 18
6	10/1-10/5	Carbonates and Sulfides	Ch. 17
7	10/8-10/12	Intro to Optical Mineralogy	Ch. 7
8	10/15-10/19	Fall Break and Mid-term exam
9	10/22-10/26	GSA meeting/Optics continued	Ch. 7
10	10/29-11/2	Intro to Silicate Minerals; Quartz and Feldspar	Ch. 11 & 12
11	11/5-11/9	Orthosilicates and Disilicates	Ch. 15 & 16
12	11/12-11/16	Disilicates, Ring Silicates,and Chain Silicates	Ch. 14 & 15
13	11/19-11/23	Chain Silicates and Thanksgiving Break	Ch. 14
14	11/26-11/30	Sheet Silicates and Framework Silicates	Ch. 12 & 13
15	12/3-12/7	Framework Silicates and Project Presentations	Ch. 12
16	12/10-12/14	Project Presentations and Review
	12/14	Last Class Day
	12/19	Final Exam - 4:00-6:00 pm
Lab schedule
Week	Date	Topic	Reading (Nesse)
1		no lab
2	9/4	Crystal symmetry, point groups, and systems	Ch. 2
3	9/11	Miller indices, crystal forms and habit	Ch. 2
4	9/18	Physical properties of minerals	Ch. 6
5	9/25	Native elements and sulfides	Ch. 19 & 20
6	10/2	Oxides, hydroxides, and halides	Ch. 18
7	10/9	Carbonates, sulfates, and "other" minerals	Ch. 17
8	10/16	Optics and microscopy; quartz and calcite	Ch. 7
9	10/23	NO Lab - Fall Break
10	10/30	NO Lab - GSA
11	11/6	Thin sections; feldspars	Ch. 7 & 12
12	11/13	Framework and sheet silicates	Ch. 12 & 13
13	11/20	Chain and ring silicates	Ch. 15 & 16
14	11/27	Orthosilicates and disilicates	Ch. 12 & 13
15	12/4	Intro to petrology; thin section descriptions
16	12/11	Lab final exam - "Essential" minerals