Geos 306, Mineralogy, Fall 2019
Professor Bob Downs
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Lecture Notes
M-W 10-10:50, R P Harvill Bldg, Rm 302
  1. Mon 26 Aug. Introduction
  2. Wed 28 Aug. Origin of the Elements, Nature of the Atom
  3. Mon 2 Sept. No lecture - Labor Day
  4. Wed 4 Sept. The Chemical Bond I.
  5. Mon 9 Sept. The Chemical Bond II.
  6. Wed 11 Sept. The Packing of Atoms
  7. Mon 16 Sept. Pauling's Rules
  8. Wed 18 Sept. Crystal Chemistry I
  9. Mon 23 Sept. Crystal Chemistry I, continued
  10. Wed 25 Sept. No lecture (GSA meeting)
  11. Mon 30 Sept. Crystal Chemistry II
  12. Wed 2 Oct. Midterm
  13. Mon 7 Oct. Crystallography I. Unit cells
  14. Wed 9 Oct. Crystallography I. continued
  15. Mon 14 Oct. Crystallography II. Lattices and Symmetry
  16. Wed 16 Oct. No lecture
  17. Mon 21 Oct. Crystallography II. continued
  18. Wed 23 Oct. Crystallography III. X-ray Diffraction
  19. Mon 28 Oct. Crystallography III. continued
  20. Wed 30 Oct. Crystallography III. continued
  21. Mon 4 Nov. Raman Spectroscopy
  22. Wed 6 Nov. Midterm
  23. Mon 11 Nov. No lecture - Veteran's Day
  24. Wed 13 Nov. Mineral Evolution I (The original paper)
  25. Mon 18 Nov. Mineral Evolution II
  26. Wed 20 Nov. Mineralogy of the Earth and its Core
  27. Mon 25 Nov. Mineralogy of the Earth's Lower Mantle
  28. Wed 27 Nov. Mineralogy of the Earth's Lower Mantle, continued
  29. Mon 2 Dec. Mineralogy of the Earth's Upper Mantle
  30. Wed 4 Dec. Mineralogy of the Earth's Upper Mantle II
  31. Mon 9 Dec. Mineralogy of the Earth's Crust I
  32. Wed 11 Dec. Mineralogy of the Earth's Crust II
Fri 13 Dec 10:30-12:30: Final Exam in our classroom
Class Project: description, due during class, Mon Dec 9, 2019
Mars Science Laboratory NASA Webpage