Petrology of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks - GLY 4310C

Spring Term, 2012

Keys for Final Examination and Lab Final are posted. Grades have been posted to the server on Wednesday, and will be available to students on Thursday. Exams may be picked up at my office.

Anyone with free time on their hands? We still have plenty of things to do concerning the move.....If interested, please see me.

Some of you have seen the illuminated hand lenses that Ed and Shea have. Shea sent me the following link, if you are interested. http://ascscientific.com/lens.html The lens is toward the bottom of the page.

Course Administration

• Course syllabus
• Activity Schedule
• Word List for Midterm 1- February 6, 2012
• Word List for Midterm 2 - March 26, 2012
• Word List for Final Examination - Friday, April 27, 2012 7:45 a.m.
• Reference List - In order to conserve resources and save students money, the reference list for the textbook is available online. It is available here as a PDF file.

Homework

• Homework 1 Key - Due Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - Class average was 8.9/10
• Homework 2 Key - Due Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - Class average was 29.3/30
• Homework 3 Key - Due Monday, March 19, 2012
• Homework 4 Key - Due Monday, April 23, 2012

Exams

• Midterm 1 Key - Statistics are posted. Class average: 81.3% - five students in the "A" range
• Midterm 2 Key - Statistics are posted. Class average was 74.9%.
• Final Examination Key - Statistics are posted. Class average was 83.7%

Laboratory

Laboratory Schedule

Laboratory Keys

Lab 1 Key

Lab 2 Key

Lab 3 Key

Lab Midterm 1 Key - Statistics are posted. Class average was 86.4%, B

Lab Midterm 2 Key - Statistics are posted. Class average was 77.0%, C+.

Laboratory Final Key - Statistics are posted. Class average was 77.2%, C+.

Laboratory Hand Outs - May be downloaded and printed for use in lab (these are PDF files)

Lab 1 - Description

Lab 1 - Hand specimen

Lab 2 - Description

Lab 2 - Hand specimen

Lab 3 - Description

Lab 3 - Hand specimen

Lab 4 - Description

Lab 4 - Specimen characteristics

Lab 5 - Description

Lab 5 - Specimen characteristics

Lab 6 - Description

Lab 6 - Specimen characteristics

Lab 7 - Description

Lab 7 - Specimen characteristics

Lab 8 - Description

Lab 8 - Specimen characteristics

Lab 9 - Description

Lab 9 - Specimen characteristics

Lab 10 - Description

Lab 10 - Specimen characteristics

Lab 11 - Description

Lab 11 - Specimen characteristics

Lab 12 - Description

Lab 12 - Specimen characteristics

 

 

Laboratory PowerPoint Supplements

Mineralogy Laboratory 11 - Twinning, Zoning, and Exsolution

Mineralogy Laboratory 12 - Pleochroism, Interference Colors, and Extinction Angles

Mineralogy Laboratory 13 - Uniaxial Interference Figures

Mineralogy Laboratory 14 - Biaxial Interference Figures

Lab 4 - Basalt, Diabase, Andesite, Dacite

Lab 5 - Rhyolite, Latite, Trachyte, Glassy

Lab 6 - Tonalite, Diorite, Gabbro, Norite and Anorthosite

Lab 7 - Granite, Alkali Feldspar Granite, Granodiorite, Monzonite, and Quartz Monzonite

Lab 8 - Syenite, Phonolite, Ijolite, Carbonatite, Ultramafic Rocks and Lamprophyre

Lab 9 - Slate, Phyllite, Greenstone and Schist

Lab 10 - Gneiss and Eclogite

Lab 11 - Marble, Quartzite, and Serpentinite

Lab 12 - Contact and Dynamic Metamorphic Rocks

Lecture Presentations

All presentations are PowerPoint files. Please be aware that these presentations DO NOT contain all of the material presented in lecture, and viewing them is in no way a suitable alternative for coming to class.

* Presentation is preliminary - more material will be added

Additional Information Sources

Constants

• Physical Constants and Energy conversion Direct from the National Institute of Standards

Crystallography

• Minerals, Crystals and Their Systems An illustrated article by Charles Lewton-Brain
• Crystallography branch of the Mineral database. Written by David Barthelmy, the Mineral Database contains a wealth of useful information. The crystallography page contains links to pages on each of the 32 crystal classes, including Java Applet Crystal Models, available in both mono and stereo views. You can manipulate the models, and add Miller Indices of the crystal faces. Models may be viewed in motion or stationary, and may be seen in several different visual formats.
• Making Matter: The atomic structure of materials A site featuring VRML "3-D" graphics to show and discuss the structures of many materials, including several different types of minerals and mineralogically important structures. There are discussions of close packing, packing of different size atoms, examples of octahedral and tetrahedral holes in structures, etc. Many common mineral structures are shown. The site is in France, and viewing the structures requires large downloads and VRML capability in your browser. Best to visit this site when the Internet isn't too busy.
• Mineral Structure Database From the Mineralogical Society of America - under construction, but useful
• Simple, Common, and Interesting Molecules 3-D representations of a number of molecules, including a selection of minerals.

Elements

• WebElements Periodic Table The periodic table of the elements with links to information about each element.

Glossary

• Mineral and Gem Terminology Easy to use glossary of various mineral and gem terms.

Journals

• Geological Materials Research Abstracts on-line, the articles are in pdf format and must be downloaded
• American Mineralogist Journal of the Mineralogical Society of America - contents from 1916-present are on-line, with abstracts available in pdf format

Magazine

• Elements - An International Magazine of Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Petrology

Mineral Data

• Alphabetical Mineral List A very comprehensive list of minerals, with more data than most people will need.
• Athena Mineral Databases A series of databases, including mineral lists, mineral search, and mineral pictures. They are developing a search engine for mineral locations, an unusual feature. WARNING: The site may be very slow.
• Mineral Keys Trying to identify an unknown mineral? There are a variety of keys based on physical and optical data available at this site.
• Mineral Gallery Data on minerals by name, by class, and by groupings (birthstones, gemstones, etc.). Produced by Amethyst Galleries, Inc., a commercial site ("The First Internet Rock Shop!").
• The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom An excellent general reference site, with mineral data, photos, etc. Financed by some banner advertising, but not enough to be offensive.
• Mineral Structure database Joseph Smyth collection of mineral structures, illustrated with drawings of many structures.

Mineral Images

• Alan Guisewite Personal Collection Images arranged in various ways, but easy to use.
• Mineral Images - Extensive collection
• Musee de mineralogie, Ecole des Mines de Paris Link is to the mineral catalogue page, which has links to short descriptions of minerals in their collection, many with photos. In French, with some English, but easy to navigate.
• Ken's Fluorescent Minerals Nine images of minerals fluorescing under ultraviolet light, and links to additional pages of images.
• Mineral Gallery Has images of many minerals. Produced by Amethyst Galleries, Inc., a commercial site.
• Smithsonian Gem and Mineral Collection Another collection of images

Mineral Resources

• USGS Mineral Resources Division Links to many government mineral resource files. Map based Java applet may be painfully slow at times.

Mineral Societies

• Mineralogical Society of America

Museums

• The Dynamic Earth - Uses the Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian for a multimedia presentation with several sections, including Gems and Minerals and Rocks and Mining

Optical Mineralogy

• Optical Mineralogy Course Notes Dr. Greg Finn of Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, has a complete set of lecture notes for a course in optical mineralogy online. Diagrams explaining the physical principles behind optical mineralogy are available, as well as photomicrographs illustrating many of the points discussed. Excellent reference for those wanting to know more about the subject.
• UCLA Thin Section Mineral Index An alphabetical index to approximately one hundred web pages containing images of minerals in plane polarized and crossed Nicols, as well as useful optical data about the mineral.
• University of British Columbia Earth and Ocean Sciences Image Collection Collections of slides relating to various aspects of geology, including mineralogy and petrology.

Phase Diagrams

• Mineral Stability and Phase Diagrams Prof. Stephen Nelson, Tulane University. Good coverage of the topic, including the thermodynamics behind the subject.
• Two Component Phase Diagrams - Prof. Stephen Nelson, Tulane University, has a concise summary of much of the material we covered on binary phase diagrams.
• Binary Eutectic Phase Diagrams Prof. Lynn Fichter, James Madison University
• Binary Solid Solution Diagrams Prof. Lynn Fichter, James Madison University
• Norman L. Bowen (1887-1956), Mit Class of 1912, First Predoctoral Fellow of the Geophysical Laboratory[1] A review of Norman Bowens work by Hatten S. Yoder, Jr.
• Ternary Phase Diagrams Prof. Stephan Nelson, Tulane University

Physical Properties

• The Physical Characteristics of Minerals Extensive links to descriptions of many physical, and some chemical, properties of minerals

Symmetry

The following links have information and graphics which help to clarify the concepts of symmetry

• Crystal Systems, Symmetry Operations and Crystallographic Axes Descriptions of symmetry operations, with kinks to the seven crystal systems, leading to links to 32 crystal classes
• Introduction to Space Groups A short introduction of symmetry concepts, including point group operations, Crystal systems and Bravais Lattices, and Space Groups
• Jill Banfield's Crystal Structure Movies A large collection of Quicktime movies illustrating crystal structures.
• What is Crystal Habit? Descriptions of many crystal forms, both closed and open, with examples of minerals exhibiting the forms

Questions or comments? mailto:warburto@fau.edu

Last updated: May 2, 2012