GEOS 6015 - Mineralogy

4 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: GEOL 1122K (or GEOL 1122 and GEOL 1122L) and CHEM 1211K (or CHEM 1121 and CHEM 1121L), each with a C or higher; or concurrent registration.
Includes a lab fee.

Description
Principles of elementary crystallography, crystal structure and chemistry of rock-forming minerals, and introduction to mineral identification methods using the polarizing microscope. Laboratory study of elementary crystallography, mineral identification in hand sample and in using the polarizing microscope.