JEO 211E - Mineralogy

Course Objectives

The aim of the course; to understand origin and evaluation of the different kind of minerals and their physical and chemical features. The main goal of this course is identify of different kind of minerals by using their physical properties. Simple tests and practice on the hand sample is also very common method for identify the different minerals.

Course Description

Introduction to mineralogy, history of mineralogy, description of crystals and minerals. Chemical features of minerals. Mineralogic variations (chemical variations, geometrical variations), mineral stability and mineral reactions. The physical properties of minerals, magnetic, electrical and thermal properties. Mineral descriptions (mineral description format, mineral formulas, mineral structures). Systematic mineralogy (Natives, sulfides, oxides, carbonates, silicates etc…)