GEOL 3000 - Mineralogy (Earth Materials)

 

Dr. Warner Cribb

898-2379

cribb@mtsu.edu

Office Hours (KOM 322A):  by appointment

 

Required Text: Mineralogy (2nd edition), Dexter Perkins; Prentice Hall (ISBN 0-13-062099-8; List Price $110.40)

 

Recommended Text: A Colour Atlas of Rocks and Minerals in Thin Section, W.S Mackenzie and A.E.Adams; John Wiley and Sons (ISBN 0470233389; List Price $80.00)

 

Also required: A good hand lens, such as a Bauch and Lomb Coddington 20x  magnifier ($26.95 @ geology-outfitters.com) or a BelOMO 10x triplet ($15.95 @ amateurgeologist.com)

 

                                                                                         Course Schedule

 

                Course Intro/Chemistry Review (Ch 1)

                Chemistry Review/Symmetry in Crystals (pp 175-180)

                Unit Cells/Lattices (pp 208-224)

                Radius Ratio/Coordination Theory (pp 272-274)

                Stereo Diagrams (pp 180-187)

                Crystal Systems/Point Groups (pp 198-205, 237 - 240)

                Crystal Systems/Forms/Miller Indices (pp 198-205, 237 - 240, 244-246)

                Closest Packing/Pauling=s Rules (pp 274-282)

                TEST #1

                Mineral Classification (pp 38-43, 284-293)

                >Igneous= Minerals (Ch 5)

                Hand Sample ID - Common Igneous Minerals

                Igneous Rocks (Ch 5)

                Hand Sample ID - Common Igneous Rocks

                >Sedimentary= Minerals (Ch 6)

                Sedimentary Rocks (Ch 6)

                Hand Sample ID - Common Sedimentary Minerals and Rocks

                >Metamorphic= Minerals (Ch 7)

                Metamorphic Rocks (Ch 7)

                Hand Sample ID - Common Metamorphic Minerals and Rocks

                TEST #2

                Ore Deposits (Ch 8)

                Hand Sample ID - Common Economic Minerals

                Optical Mineralogy (Chapter 4)

                Petrographic Microscope (Chapter 4)

                Isotropic/Uniaxial Minerals (Chapter 4)

                Biaxial Minerals (Chapter 4)

                Igneous Petrography

                Igneous Petrography

                Sedimentary Petrography

                Metamorphic Petrography

                Metamorphic Petrography

                Thermodynamics (pp 146-153)

                Thermodynamics (pp 146-153)

                Soils

                Meteorites

                X-ray Diffraction (Ch 12)

                TEST #3

Grading:

 

Test #1 - 20%

Test #2 - 20%

Test #3 - 20%

Lab Assignments - 15%

Homework and Quizzes - 20%

* Paper - 10

 

* Five to seven double-spaced pages (12 point type) , excluding diagrams, references, etc. Topic of your choice, but must be closely related to Earth materials and approved by instructor. Due beginning of lecture on the last day of class.