G7541k Mineralogical Crystallography

Faculty of Science
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Václav Vávra, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Martin Ivanov, Dr.
Prerequisites
! G7540 Structural crystalography &&( G1060 Mineralogy I || G1061 Mineralogy || G1061k Mineralogy )
Mineralogy I G1061
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/12, only registered: 0/12, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/12
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Understand and explain of basic relations in structures of minerals, explain of basic principles in crystal chemistry and methods of X-ray powder difractometry.
Syllabus
  • Crystal chemistry basic particles in atoms  building and structure of atoms  Iont ant its formation, electronegativity, coordination of ions Pauling rules  bonding forces in crystals  chemical composition of minerals Structure and symetry of crystalline materials  internal order in crystals  symetry of crystals  crystal lattice  point groups of symetry  space groups  reciprocal lattice  defects in crystal structures Morphological Crystalography  crystal morphology  crystalization, crystal growth  crystal forms  crystal projections  crystal classes  intergrowths of crystals Structure analysis  X-ray  difractometers  methods of strucutre analysis
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
  • BORCHARDT-OTT, Walter. Crystallography. 2nd ed. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1995, xiii, 307. ISBN 3540594787. info
Teaching methods
lectures, practice
Assessment methods
exam (test)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřeno v jarním semestru 2010/2011.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011, recent)
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