PřF:GD221 Actual topics of mineralogy - Course Information
GD221 Actual topics of mineralogy
Faculty of Scienceautumn 2017
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination), k (colloquium), graded credit.
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Losos, CSc. (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.
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ( (!(PROGRAM(B-GE)||PROGRAM(N-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE4)||PROGRAM(C-CV))) || (NOW( G0101 Occupational healt and safety )&&NOW( C7777 Handling chemicals )))
Ukončené magisterské studium geologie. Předmět je určen pro doktorský studijní program geologie. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 200 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/200, only registered: 0/200 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Geological Sciences (programme PřF, D-GE4) (2)
- Course objectives
- Problems of morphological description of minerals, their crystals and aggregates. Photodocumentation. Macro- and Microscopic study of minerals. Problems of X-Ray diffraction analysis, methods, STADI-P Diffractometer, Visual PowderX Software, PDF-1,-2 data. Crystal chemistry of minerals, clasification diagrams, empiric formulas. Genetic aspect of minerals, assemblages, paragenesis. New informations about topographical mineralogy of the studied areas.
- Syllabus
- Problems of morphological description of minerals, their crystals and aggregates. Photodocumentation. Macro- and Microscopic study of minerals. Problems of X-Ray diffraction analysis, methods, STADI-P Diffractometer, Visual PowderX Software, PDF-1,-2 data. Crystal chemistry of minerals, clasification diagrams, empiric formulas. Genetic aspect of minerals, assemblages, paragenesis. New informations about topographical mineralogy of the studied areas.
- Literature
- KLEIN, Cornelis and Cornelius S. HURLBUT. Manual of mineral science : (after James D. Dana) [Klein, 2002]. 22nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002, xii, 641 s. ISBN 0-471-25177-1. info
- NESSE, William D. Introduction to mineralogy. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012, xv, 480. ISBN 9780199859764. info
- Assessment methods
- Customized teaching, class discussion
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (autumn 2017, recent)
- Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/sci/autumn2017/GD221