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Geology 284 - Mineralogy - Fall 2007
Dr. Helen M. Lang
LABORATORY SCHEDULE
| Aug 21, 23 | Geology Assessment Pre-test |
| Aug 28, 30 | Mineral
Properties in Hand Specimen Classification of Minerals – What properties would you use? |
| Sept 4, 6 | The Petrographic Microscope, Mineral properties in Plane Polarized Light (PPL) - (relief, cleavage, color and pleochroism) |
| Sept 11,13 | Crystallization Experiment |
| Sept 18, 20 | Mineral properties in Cross-Polarized Light (XPL) - (isotropic vs. anisotropic, birefringence, extinction angle) |
| Sept 25,27 | QUIZ, Igneous Minerals: Quartz and Feldspars (framework silicates) |
| Oct 2, 4 | Igneous Minerals: Olivine, Pyroxenes, Amphiboles and Micas |
| Oct 9, 11 | Asbestos Mineralogy and Health |
| Oct 16, 18 | Sedimentary Minerals: Silicates, clays, carbonates, halides, sulfates |
| Oct 23, 25 | QUIZ, Clay Mineral Experiment |
| Oct 30, Nov 1 | Metamorphic Minerals |
| Week of Nov 5-9 | Minerals and Mineralogy on the World Wide Web |
| Nov 13, 15 | Economic and Ore Minerals: Native Elements, Sulfides, Oxides, etc. |
| THANKSGIVING | |
| Nov 27, 29 | Crystal Morphology and Symmetry - The Six Crystal Systems |
| Dec 4, 6 | FINAL LAB TEST |
