Geos306 Mineralogy Laboratory 2007

Madison's Office hours: Tuesday 1pm-4pm (G-S 209) or by appointment

Rachel's Office hours: Friday 2pm-4pm (G-S 209) or by appointment

Syllabus

Assignment Schedule

Lab #1(Aug 27,28) Physical Properties of Minerals Lab #1 Key

Lab #2 (Sept 10,11) Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, and Halides Lab #2 Key

Lab #3 (Sept 17,18) Atomic Packing; Native Elements, Oxides, Hydroxides, and Sulfides Lab #3 Key

Lab #4 (Sept 24,25) Introduction to Silicate Minerals Lab #4 Key

Lab #4 Continued (Oct 1,2) Pyrexenes and phase diagrams

Lab #5 (Oct 8,9) Silicates II Lab #5 Key

Lab #6(Oct 15,16) Silicates II(continued) and powdering X-ray diffraction

Lab #7 (Oct 22,23) Raman and X-ray diffraction

Lab #8 (Nov 5,6 )Optical Microscope

Lab #9 (Nov 19,20) Optical mineralogy lab 1

Lab #10 (Nov 26,27) Mineral ID review

study guideMidterm key 2006

Final exam key

Optics notes