Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Laboratory
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: GEO 1100 OR GEO 1110 AND GEO 2100. Recommended Pre/co-requisite MATH 1220.
Description
In this course, students will learn how to identify minerals in hand samples and in thin sections (using a petrographic microscope) and how to relate these observations with physical and chemical properties of the minerals. The foundations of mineralogy will also be covered, including: crystallography, chemical bonding, controls on mineral structure, mineral stability, and crystal growth. Two lectures, one lab weekly.