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Course Name	Turkish	Mineraloji
	English	Mineralogy
Course Code	JEO 211E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	3	3	3	2	1
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Ömer Işık Ece
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…)
Course Outcomes		1. Principles of the mineralogy and terminology 2. Main classifications of the mineral groups 3. Main chemical, mechanical and physical properties of the minerals 4. Identification and descriptive features of minerals 5. General features of the different mineral groups-systematic mineralogy (natives, sulfides, oxides, carbonates, silicates etc…)
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