Geology 2300: Basic Mineralogy and Petrology
Spring 2006

Syllabus

Photo of rosette of gypsum Photo of agate stromatolite
Lectures
Labs
Grading
Exams
Minerals
Notes
Field Trip
Physical Properties
Other Power Points
Other Mineralogy Courses
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Lab Schedule

Tuesday Jan. 17

Minerals and Life (Healing Properties, just for fun)

Minerals used in one day

 
Thursday Jan. 19 Physical Properties of Minerals 10
Tuesday Jan. 24 Physical Properties of Minerals
Thursday Jan. 26 Working with Crystal Symmetry (Symmetry self test) 5
Tuesday Jan. 31 Working with Crystal Systems 5
Thursday Feb. 2 Working with Mineral Formulae (Extra problems) 5
Tuesday Feb. 7 Classification of Minerals-What's in a name//Non-silicates  
Thursday Feb. 9 Non-silicates 10
Tuesday Feb. 14 Non-silicates
Thursday Feb. 16 Non-silicates 5
Tuesday Feb. 21 Lab Exam I Gr
Thursday Feb. 23 Identifying minerals using Xray diffraction: paper 5
      Extra credit: identifying a mineral using the XRD machine 10
Tuesday Feb. 28 Silicates
Thursday Mar. 2 Silicates
Tuesday Mar. 7 Silicates
Thursday Mar. 9 Classification of Igneous Rocks 5

March 13 through 17: Spring Break, Have fun
Tuesday Mar. 21 Fabric and Textures of Igneous Rocks 5
Thursday Mar. 23 Mafic Phaneritic Igneous Rocks 5
Tuesday Mar. 28 Felsic Phaneritic Igneous Rocks 5
Thursday Mar. 30 Volcanic Rocks 5
Tuesday April 4 Lab Exam II Gr
Thursday April 6 Identifying Sedimentary Rocks  
Tuesday April 11 Sedimentary Rocks and Structures: An environmental approach 5
Thursday April 13 Igneous and Sedimentary Rocks of MN (with April 20) 10
Tuesday April 18 Trip to United Taconite Mine (field notes due) Gr
Thursday April 20 Igneous and Sedimentary Rocks of MN  
Sunday April 23 : FieldTrip Around the Duluth Area
Tuesday April 25 Classification of Metamorphic Rocks 5
Thursday April 27 Trip Down Metamorphic Road 10
Tuesday May 2 Trip Down Metamorphic Road
Thursday May 4 Final Lab Exam Gr

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