Date

Class

Reading

Lab for the week

3 Sep

Symmetry

3-17

Point group symmetry

6

Space groups, vectors

17-29, vector notes

10

Crystal Growth

34-38, 74-94

Hand specimen identification 97­

13

Waves, Optical Diffraction

114-118

108. Elements, sulfides

17

X-ray Diffraction

160-168

Elem-sulfide quiz due

20

Bragg's Law

X-ray notes

Field Trip

24

Powder diffraction

X-ray Diffractometer

27

Crystal structures

Mineral separations

1 Oct

Hour Exam

Fall break

4

Polarized light

114-122

8

Birefringence

122-129

Birefringence

11

Uniaxial crystals

130-133,139-143

15

Fall Break

Oxides, carbonates

18

Biaxial Crystals

133-136,143-147

Uniaxial Min.

22

Biaxial Optics

147-151

Oxide-carb quiz due

25

Miscellaneous Optical

136-139,151-156

Biaxial Minerals

29

Tanner Conference

Tanner conference

1 Nov

Crystal Chemistry

39-55

5

Bonding, magnetism

57-65, 108-113

Ortho & Misc. Silicates

8

Orthosilicates

314-323, 183-186

Rock thin section

12

Chem. Composition, olivine

66-73, 169-174,306-310

Optics Lab Quiz

15

Color in Minerals, garnet

97-107,310-314

Ring, Chain

19

Exam, to Al-silicates

Ortho-Misc. quiz due

22

Pyroxenes, amphiboles

261-289

Feldspars, quartz

26

Sheet Silicates

235-260

Ring & Chain Quiz due

29

Thanksgiving vacation

211-225

3 Dec

Silica and feldspars

201-211

X-ray identification of mixtures

6

Feldspars

10

To be announced

Unit cell and structure

Readings in Nesse, Introduction to Mineralogy