Date Topics Covered HW Assignment HW Due Reading Assignment 8/20/12 Mineralogy Introduction
Mineral Properties (slides 1-19)
8/22/12 Mineral Properties, cont. (slides 20-63)
K & D, Chapter 2, 28-35
8/27/12 Tropical Storm Isaac - No Class 8/29/12 Lab 2 Lecture
Piezoelectricity
Pyroelectricity
Atoms and Quantum Numbers (slides 1-18)
Homework 1
K & D, Chapter 2, 36
K & D, Chapter 3, 37-46
K & D, Chapter 3, 46-53
9/3/12 Labor Day Holiday - No class 9/5/12 Lab 3 Lecture
Atoms and Quantum Numbers (slides 19-26)
Periodic Table, (slides 1-33)
Homework1
K & D, Chapter 3, 53-64
9/10/12 Return and discuss HW 1
Lab 4 Lecture
Periodic Table, (slides 34-38)
Bonding in Minerals (slides 1-33)
Look over and be prepared to discuss HW1 K & D, Chapter 4, 66-68
9/12/12 Bonding in Minerals slides 34-70.
Coordination Principle
Radius Determination, slides 1-9
Homework 2 KEY K & D, Chapter 4, 68-80
K & D, Chapter 6, 109-118 (for lab next week)
9/17/12 Return and discuss HW2
Lab 5 Lecture
Radius Determination, slides 10-11
Pauling's Rules, slides 1-19
Midterm 1 Review
K & D, Chapter 5, 90-96
K & D, Chapter 5, 96-99
9/19/12 Midterm 1
K & D, Chapter 5, 99-108 (background; not covered in lecture)
K & D, Chapter 7, 156-163
9/24/12 Return and discuss Midterm 1
Composition of the earth (slides 1-5)
K & D, Chapter 6, 109-114
K & D, Chapter 7, 163-168
9/26/12 Composition of the earth (slides 6-14)
Mineral Composition Variability, solid solution
K & D, Chapter 6, 118-134
K & D, Chapter 7, 143-156
10/1/12 Return Lab Quiz 1
Lab lecture 7
Crystallographic Concepts, slides 1-26
Internal Order and Symmetry, slides 1-17
K & D, Chapter 6, 134 -142
K & D, Chapter 9, 182 - 194
10/3/12 Internal Order and Symmetry, slides 18-23
Crystal Systems, slides 1-45
Homework 3 10/8/12 Lab lecture 8
Crystal Systems, slides 46-60
Crystal Growth
Twinning, slides 1-13
Homework 4 Homework 3 KEY 10/10/12 Return and discuss HW 3
Twinning, slides 14-30
Color in Minerals, slides 1-15
Homework 4 KEY K & D, Chapter 10, 241-244
10/15/12 Return and discuss HW 4
Lab lecture 9
Color in Minerals, slides 16-29
10/17/12 Magnetism, slides 1-25
Thermodynamics and the Phase Rule, slides 1-12
K & D, Chapter 11, 245-252
10/22/12 Return and discuss lab quiz 2
Midterm 2 review
Thermodynamics and the Phase Rule, slides 13 - 19
Unary Phase Diagrams, slides 1-10
10/24/12
Midterm 2
10/29/11 Lab 11 lecture
Return and discuss Midterm 2
Binary Phase Diagrams (slides 1-5)
10/31/12 Binary Phase Diagrams, cont. (slides 6 -9) (Lecture in SE483)
Homework 5 11/5/12 Return and discuss LQ3
Lab 12 Lecture
Binary Phase Diagrams, cont. (slides 10 -17) (Lecture in SE483)
Homework 6 Homework 5 KEY 11/7/12 Return HW 5
Binary Phase Diagrams, cont. (slides 18-42)
Properties of Light, (slides 1-7)
(Lecture in SE483)
Homework 7 Homework 6 KEY
K & D, Chapter 13, 290 -294
11/12/12 Veteran's Day Holiday - No class 11/14/12 Return HW 6
Lab 13 Lecture
Properties of Light, (slides 8-19)
Homework 8 Homework 7 KEY K & D, Chapter 13, 294 -300 11/19/12 Return HW 7
Lab Lecture 14
Properties of Light, (slides 20-41)
SPOTS survey
Homework 9 Homework 8 KEY
11/21/12 Pop-Quiz 2
Return HW 8
Lottery for Wednesday lab final seats
Optical Properties of Minerals (slides 1-40)
Optical Indicatrix, slides 1-15
Homework 10 Homework 9 KEY X-ray Crystallography lecture notes
K & D, Chapter 14, 307-321
11/26/12 Return and discuss HW 9
Optical Indicatrix, slides 16-38
X-ray Crystallography, slides 1-6
Lab SPOTS survey
Homework 10 KEY
11/28/12 Return and discuss HW 10
X-ray Crystallography (slides 7-30)
Final Exam review
11/30/12 7:45 - 10:15 A.M.
K & D refers to Manual of Mineral Science, Cornelis Klein and Barbara Dutrow, 23nd edition, John Wiley, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-471-72157-4.
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Last updated: November 27 2012