Geology
1041: Freshman Seminar: Minerals and Life
All that Glitters is not Gold
Spring 2008
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| Class Schedule | |||
| Grading | |||
| Assignments | |||
| Minerals | |||
| Mineral Links | |||
| Web Links | |||
| Notes etc. | |||
| Readings | |||
| Journal | |||
| In Class Work | |||
| Penny's Home | |||
| UMD Home |
In Class Assigments
| Week 3 | Nickel: When Was it discovered? By whom? In what mineral do we find it? Where is this mineral mined? What do we use Nickel for? How much does the U.S. use per year? How much does the U.S. mine per year? In-Class Assignment |
| Week 4 | Collection of data from the web on Monday. Class discussion on Wednesday about Fe mining on the Iron Range. Looking at iron, iron ore, and steel production in the United States. |
| Week 7 | Placer Gold Deposits: Power point of Au |
| Week 8 | Your presentations |
| Week 9 | All about Aluminum: recycling, energy etc. |
| Week 10 | Xray Diffraction Lab |
| Week 12 | Some Research on Asbestos Assignment |
| Week 13 | Your presentations |
| Week 14 | Homework Population Data United Nations Data |
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