Syllabus GEOL 110 Earth Materials Spring 2011 Professor Greg Druschel John Hughes T A Kyle Ashley Office Delehanty Hall 321 Office Hours Monday Wednesday and Friday 10 00 11 00 am and by appointment Class Times Monday Wednesday Friday 12 50 1 40 p m Lab T 8 30 11 15 or Th 2 30 5 15 Texts Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy Dyar Gunter and Tasa Available at the Mineralogical Society of America https msa minsocam org publications html under textbooks Note you get 25 off if you join MSA which costs 10 bucks Lab book is Perkins D and Henke K 2004 Minerals in Thin Section 2nd ed You will each be required to obtain a 10x hand lense with lanyard for field and laboratory work they are available from Kooters Geology supply http www kooters com handlens html for a good price also available other places if you wish I recommend either the value 10x triplet magnifier they are 16 dollars and it has a larger lense than others or the Bausch Lomb 10x Hastings triplet more expensive but higher end I also recommend you each get a rock hammer and a good field hat items you would be OK without for this class in general but key pieces of gear for field work Course Goals Recognize major rock forming minerals and other selected minerals in hand specimen and thin section Master use of several techniques for the identification of minerals including the petrographic microscope Raman spectrometer and X ray diffractometer Develop the ability to relate crystal chemistry crystallographic alignment and physical attributes of a mineral to guide identification and help understand the story that each mineral and assemblage of minerals tells about where it formed and what has happened to it Exams and Grading There will be a mid term exam and a final exam as well as in class takehome assignments over the course of the semester One laboratory exam will be given in addition to weekly lab assignments We will also be taking a weekend field excursion which you are expected to attend exact date will be determined after class discussion but will most likely be in mid to late April Your final grade will be weighted as follows Laboratories Lab exam Mid term exam Final exam Homeworks 30 10 20 20 10 Participation 10 Date January 19 January 21 Week 1 Lab Jan 20 22 January 24 January 26 January 28 Week 2 Lab Jan 26 28 January 31 February 2 February 4 Week 3 Lab Feb 2 4 February 7 February 9 February 11 Week 4 Feb 9 11 February 14 February 16 February 18 Week 5 Feb 16 18 February 21 February 23 February 25 Week 6 Feb 23 25 February 28 March 2 March 4 Week 7 Mar topic Intro discussion on minerals chemistry structure morphology minerals in society i e why do we care Big Ten Minerals No labs Homework exam Ch 1 Mineral chemistry bonding in minerals Ch 3 for review Ch 7 8 Ch 7 Mineral Stoichiometry and compositional diagrams Ch 10 Stoichiometry homework Pauling s rules Ch 8 Packing lab Pauling s rules packing Ch 8 Mineral chemistry how do minerals form Crystal growth LN2 ice cream Mineral chemistry part 3 mineral assembly and polymorphs Analytical techniques for chemical analysis ICP XRF XRF homework calibration error analysis and chemical fingerprinting Crystal Growth lab Physical properties of minerals Chemical reactivity of minerals Spectroscopy fundamentals Handsample ID properties sheet construction Raman intro XRD intro Symmetry Crystallography I XRD Symmetry Ch 2 President s Day Holiday No class Unit cells bravias lattices Crystallography II XRD II XstalDraw Homework Ch 12 Ch 13 Introduction to Optics Review Day Midterm exam Optical Mineralogy introduction Ch 17 Ch 2 Ch 5 Ch 12 Ch 4 2 4 March 7 March 9 March 11 Week 8 Mar 8 10 March 14 March 16 March 18 Week 9 Mar 16 18 March 21 March 23 March 25 Week 10 Lab Mar 23 25 March 28 March 30 April 1 Week 11 lab Mar30 31 April 4 April 6 April 8 Week 12 Lab Apr 6 8 April 11 April 13 April 15 Week 13 Lab Apr 13 15 April 18 April 20 April 22 Week 14 Lab Apr 20 22 April 25 April 27 April 29 Week 15 Lab Apr 27 29 May 2 May 4 Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break Optics I Optics II Gems exercise Igneous Minerals Ch 17 Silicate Minerals I structure and classification Silicate Minerals II Feldspars olivines quartz Silicate Minerals III amphiboles pyroxenes micas Igneous Minerals Ch 22 Ch 22 Ch 22 Silicates IV Phase diagrams I Phase diagrams II Igneous rocks Met Phase diagrams Phase diagrams III Igneous Rx intro Sedimentary minerals I cement materials Sedimentary Minerals and rocks Metamorphic Rx P T assemblages Oxide Minerals Hydrothermal mineralogy and ore deposits Metamorphic Minerals Rocks Sulfide Minerals salts Fluorescence Gems homework Ch 22 Ch 22 Ch 20 Ch 23 Ch 23 Ch 24 Sterling Mine Homework Lab review Environmental Mineralogy Asbestos Minerals Planetary Geology Lab exam Mantle materials and meteorites Last day of class evals and review AMD homework Field Trip Sterling Hill Mines May 13 Final Exam 1 30 4 15 pm
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