GEOS 202(S) Mineralogy and Geochemistry
This course progresses from hand-specimen morphology and crystallography through element distribution and crystal chemistry to the phase relations, compositional variation, and mineral associations within major rock-forming mineral systems.
Laboratory work includes the determination of crystal symmetry; mineral separation; the principles and applications of optical emission spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction and x-ray fluorescence analysis; the use of the petrographic microscope; and the identification of important minerals in hand specimen and thin section.
Format: lecture, three hours per week; laboratory, three hours per week; independent study of minerals in hand specimen; one afternoon field trip. Evaluation will based on one hour test, lab work, and a final exam.
Prerequisites: one 100-level Geosciences course or consent of the instructor. No enrollment limit (expected: 12).
Hour: WOBUS