G1060 Mineralogy I

Faculty of Science
Autumn 1999
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Losos, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Jaroslav Reif, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Losos, CSc.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • 1/ Introduction to mineralogy and crystallography History of the mineralogy. The literature of mineralogy. Mineralogy in Earth's sciences. 2/ Morphological crystallography Crystal. Elements of crystal morphology (faces,crystal forms). Crystallographic coordinate systems. Indexing of crystal faces (according to Miller, Weiss). Measurement of the angles of crystals, goniometers. Gnomonic and stereographic projections. Crystallographic principles. Elements of morphological symmetry of crystals, symmetry operations, the 32 point groups. Crystal classes (crystal axis systems, crystal forms). Crystal form and habitus, crystalline aggregates. Twinning, pseudosymetrie, epitaxial overgrowths, pseudomorphie. 3/ Structural crystallography Crystal and properties of its growth. Nucleation. Defects of growth mechanismus. Compositional zoning. Effects of temperature and pressure on crystal growth. Lattice symmetries, unit cells, symmetry operations of lattices. The 14 types of Bravais cells, the 230 space groups. X-ray crystallography (diffraction, X-ray powder diffraction, powder difractometers, identification of powder patterns, refinement of lattice parameters, single crystal methods). 4/ Chemical mineralogy The model of the atom, ions, chemical bondings, the ionic structures and properties of ionic crystals. The covalent model, the mettalic bond model and their properties, the molecular structures. Crystal chemistry of minerals. Calculation of chemical formulas from the mineral analysis. 5/ Physical mineralogy Color and streak, luster and transparency, cleavage, fracture, tenacity, density, hardness, magnetism, fluorescence and radioactivity. Properties depending upon light. The behavior of light in minerals. Refractive index. Relationships between optical properties and symmetry. Isotropic minerals. Optical properties of uniaxial minerals. Optical properties of biaxial minerals. The polarizing microscope and microscopic properties of minerals. Anisotropic minerals in conoscopic lihgt.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001.
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