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Mark A. Evans
Associate Professor of Geology
Central Connecticut State University
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The general goal can be elaborated in terms of more specific objectives. By the end of this course each of you should: 1. Have an appreciation of the relationships among the crystal structure of a mineral, its chemical composition, and its physical properties; 2. Have a general understanding of the factors that affect the stability and occurrence of minerals and assemblages of minerals; 3. Be familiar with the equipment and other resources used to characterize minerals; 4. Be able to identify common rock forming minerals in hand samples of common rocks
Instructor: My name is Dr. Mark A. Evans and my email address is evansmaa@ccsu.edu My office is 237 Copernicus Hall. The phone number is 860-832-2936. If my door is open, please feel free to stop in to see me. Alternatively, you may arrange to meet with me in my office at a mutually convenient time. I will plan on being in my office during posted office hours. This semester (Spring 2007) they are: Tuesday and Thursday 2:00 to 13:30, and Wednesday 11:00 to 1:00.
Lecture Text: Introduction to Mineralogy, by William D. Nesse, 2000. This book is required and you will need to read it and reference it.
Laboratory Text: None. Lab references will be supplied in Lab.
Class Meeting Time: Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 – 10:45 PM in Room NC 514.
Laboratory Meeting Time: Tuesday 11:00 – 1:50 PM in Room NC 514. Since lab falls over the lunch hour, please feel free to bring a sandwich or snack to be eaten during the introduction to lab exercise for the day.
Course Notes: Course notes will be available on Vista. The course notes are in Powerpoint format and are basically the same slides you will see in class. However, there may be some last minute changes on the daily notes. This is done as a COURTESY for YOU. Even though the material is available online, you still NEED to come to class for several reasons: 1) There are some concepts that I will present in class that are not in the book and will require some additional explanation. 2) You need to be able to see and hear the material in context 3) You need to be in class for important announcements 4) You need to be in class to ask questions and to hear others’ questions 5) You (or your parents) paid a LOT of money for you to be at CCSU. Don’t waste it! 6) There is a strong correlation between class attendance and grades, the more you attend class the higher you grade will be.
Laboratory: Lab will meet once a week. Lab exercises will be handed out on a weekly basis. You will gain experience in mineral identification and optical petrography. Labs will be introduced during the first part of lab. You will then have the remaining lab time to work on labs with my assistance. I highly suggest that you stay for the entire lab period.
If all works out with the chemistry department, you will have an X-Ray diffraction lab assignment outside of regular lab time.
Final lab write-ups will be due at the beginning of lab the following week. NOTE: Lab assignments not turned in on time will receive zero credit.
Laboratory materials: You should have the following:
Exercises: Exercises will fall into two categories: First, throughout the semester, there will be occasional short exercises and reading/writing assignments to supplement the lecture material. These will be due one week from the class period in which they are assigned. They will not be accepted late.
Grading: There will be two equally weighted exams, one covering each of two different sections of the course. Each exam will include short essay questions and quantitative problem solving. Exam questions will be based on material covered in lecture and assigned reading assignments, as well as the homework problems.
Exam 1 17 percent of the final course grade Exam 2 17 percent of the final course grade Exam 3 17 percent of the final course grade Field trip 4 percent of the final course grade Research paper 5 percent of the final course grade Lab 40 percent of the final course grade Total 100 percent
The final course grade will be based on A=90+, B=80-89, C=70-79, D=60-69. if any grade adjustment takes place, it will be at the end of the quarter, not on any individual exam! All exams will be composed of primarily short answer/discussion questions. The exams will draw from lecture, lecture notes, exercises and reading assignments. Exams will not be cumulative. Any makeup exams will be given only by the arrangement of the instructor. The content and style of the make-up exams is at my discretion and will be based on whether the exam was missed because of a valid reason. Valid reasons for missing an exam are 1) death in the immediate family and 2) illness (doctor’s excuse required).
Academic Misconduct: It is the policy of Central Connecticut State University to not tolerate any acts of Academic Misconduct. Make sure you read the University policy on this topic on pages 30-34 of the Student Handbook.
Field Trips: There is one required field trip (and at least one optional trip).
One-Day General Field Trip Guidelines
Mineralogy: Tentative Lecture Schedule
Date Lecture Topic (bold) and Reading Assignment Jan. 23 Introduction (Chapter 1), Crystallography (Chapter 2) 25 Crystallography (Chapter 2, cont.)
30 Crystal Chemistry (Chapter 3) Feb. 1 Crystal Chemistry (Chapter 3, cont.)
6 Crystal Structure (Chapter 4) 8 Crystal Structure (Chapter 4, cont.)
13 Crystal Growth (Chapter 5) 15 Crystal Growth (Chapter 5, cont.)
20 Crystal Growth (Chapter 5, cont.) 22 EXAM 1 (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
27 Silicate mineral structure (Chapter 11) March 1 Framework Silicates (Chapter 12)
6 Sheet Silicates (Chapter 13) 8 Sheet Silicates (Cont.) (Chapter 13)
13 No Class – GSA Work on Lab Exercise 15 Chain Silicates (Chapter 14)
20 No Class Spring Break 22 No Class Spring Break
27 Chain Silicates (Cont.) (Chapter 14) 29 Disilicates and Ring Silicates (Chapter 15)
April 3 Orthosilicates (Chapter 16) 5 EXAM 2 (Chapters 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
10 X-Ray Crystallography (Chapter 8) 12
17 Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, etc. (Chapter 17) 19 Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, etc. (Cont.) (Chapter 17)
24 Oxides, Hydroxides, and Halides (Chapter 18) 26 Oxides, Hydroxides, and Halides (Cont.) (Chapter 18)
May 1 Sulfides and Related Minerals (Chapter 19) 3 Sulfides and Related Minerals (Cont.) (Chapter 19)
8 Mineral Color 10 No Class Reading Day
May 15 EXAM 3 (Chapters 8, 17, 18, 19, Color, M&S) 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Mineralogy: Tentative Laboratory Schedule
Date Lab Topic (bold) Jan. 22 Crystallography I –Symmetry/Space Groups
30 Crystallography I –Symmetry/Space Groups
Feb. 6 Crystallography II – Crystal Forms/Miller Indices
13 Mineral Chemistry - Phase Diagrams/Mineral Formulae
20 The Petrographic Microscope/Optical Techniques I
27 Optical Techniques II
March 6 Optical Techniques III
13 Mineral Properties in Hand Sample - Dr. Evans at GSA
20 No Class Spring Break
27 Igneous Minerals I - Aluminosilicates
April 3 Igneous Minerals II – Ferromagnesian Silicates
10 Lab Exam 1: Optical and Igneous Minerals
17 Sedimentary Minerals I
24 Metamorphic Minerals I
May 1 Ore Minerals I
8 Lab Exam 2: Sedimentary Minerals, Metamorphic Minerals, Ore Minerals
Mineralogical Web Resources: http://www.minsocam.org/ Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)
www.webmineral.com
Mineral Databases http://marie.epfl.ch/escher/ Escher Web Sketch http://www.neubert.net/Crystals/CRYStruc.html ‘Rotatable’ crystal structures http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/icl/heyes/structure_of_solids/Lecture1/Lec1.html Structure of Solids http://www.virtual-geology.info/mineralogy/ A list of sites http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/mineralogie/links/teach/geochemteach.html Another list of sites http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/xtal/index.html Great Crystallography site http://www.novagate.com/~ahines/rocks/vir_cris.htm Virtual Crystallography page http://www.soils.org/divs/s9/micromorph/gloss.html Optical Mineralogy Site http://www.brocku.ca/earthsciences/people/gfinn/minerals/database.htm optical properties of common minerals http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/EarthSC202Notes/minerals.htm a good minerals reference page http://georoc.mpch-mainz.gwdg.de/georoc/ Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans and Continents Database - MPI für Chemie, Mainz, Germany: http://www.gly.bris.ac.uk/www/teach/opmin/mins.html Minerals under the microscope (An optical mineralogy course) http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/mineral/mineral.html Athena Mineralogy page http://www.brocku.ca/earthsciences/people/gfinn/optical/222lect.htm Optical Mineralogy page http://www.gly.bris.ac.uk/www/teach/opmin/mins.html Minerals under the microscope http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/%7Ejdl1/minerals.list.html Minerals in thin section http://www.brocku.ca/earthsciences/people/gfinn/minerals/database.htm Optical properties of minerals http://geology.isu.edu/geostac/Field_Exercise/Cassia_mtns/thinsect.html Introduction to microscopes and thin sections http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/petrolgy/thinsect.htm Rock forming minerals in thin section http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/John/teaching/mintable.htm Identification tables for minerals in thin section http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/AMS/amcsd.php Crystal structure database http://www.minsocam.org/msa/handbook/ Silicate mineral database http://ruby.colorado.edu/~smyth/min/minerals.html Mineral structure database http://www.geo.vu.nl/users/ima-cnmmn/ Commission on new Mineral Names http://www.minweb.co.uk/ The Mineral Web http://www.mineralogicalassociation.ca/ Mineralogical Association of Canada
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