Geos 306, Mineralogy, Fall 2011
Professor Bob Downs
Syllabus
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Old Exams

Lecture Notes
M-W 10-10:50, Sahuaro Hall 114
  1. Mon 22 Aug. Introduction
  2. Wed 24 Aug. Origin of the Elements, Nature of the Atom
  3. Mon 29 Aug. The Chemical Bond I.
  4. Wed 31 Aug. The Chemical Bond II.
  5. Mon 5 Sept. No class - Labor Day
  6. Wed 7 Sept. The Packing of Atoms I
  7. Mon 12 Sept. Pauling's Rules
  8. Wed 14 Sept. Crystal Chemistry I
  9. Mon 19 Sept. Crystal Chemistry II
  10. Wed 21 Sept. Crystal Chemistry II, continued
  11. Mon 26 Sept. Midterm
  12. Wed 28 Sept. Crystallography I. Unit cells
  13. Mon 3 Oct. Crystallography I. continued
  14. Wed 5 Oct. Crystallography II. Lattices and Symmetry
  15. Mon 10 Oct. Crystallography II. Lattices and Symmetry, continued
  16. Wed 12 Oct. Crystallography II. Lattices and Symmetry, continued
  17. Mon 17 Oct. Crystallography II. Lattices and Symmetry, continued
  18. Wed 19 Oct. Crystallography II. Lattices and Symmetry, continued
  19. Mon 24 Oct. Crystallography III.X-ray Diffraction
  20. Wed 26 Oct. Crystallography III. X-ray Diffraction, continued
  21. Mon 31 Oct. Raman Spectroscopy
  22. Wed 2 Nov. Mineralogy of the Earth and its Core
  23. Mon 7 Nov. Midterm
  24. Wed 9 Nov. Mineralogy of the Earth's Lower Mantle
  25. Mon 14 Nov. Mineralogy of the Earth's Upper Mantle
  26. Wed 16 Nov. Mineralogy of the Earth's Upper Mantle, continued
  27. Mon 21 Nov. No class
  28. Wed 23 Nov. No class
  29. Mon 28 Nov. No class
  30. Wed 30 Nov. Mineralogy of the Earth's Upper Mantle II
  31. Mon 5 Dec. Mineralogy of the Earth's Crust I
  32. Wed 7 Dec. Mineralogy of the Earth's Crust II

Class Project: description, due during class, Dec 5, 2011
Lecture Final exam: Wed 14 Dec, 10:30-12:30, in our classroom
Mars Science Laboratory NASA Webpage