MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_NextPart_01C90EBE.0F6CBF50" This document is a Single File Web Page, also known as a Web Archive file. If you are seeing this message, your browser or editor doesn't support Web Archive files. Please download a browser that supports Web Archive, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer. ------=_NextPart_01C90EBE.0F6CBF50 Content-Location: file:///C:/7149C638/EPSC210syllabus2008.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Introduction to Mineralogy 186-210A (Fall Term 1999)

        &= nbsp;       Introd= uctory Mineralogy EPSC210 (Fall Term 2008)

 

Lecturer: Jeanne Paquette (jeannep@eps.mcgill.ca). Offi= ce: FDA 214. Phone: 398-4402.

Teaching assistants:&= nbsp;       Jona= than O’Neill <oneil_jo@eps.mcgill.ca>

   &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;                   Fraser Keppie   <fkeppie@eps.mcgill.ca>

   &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;        &nb= sp;          Christoph Helo <helo@eps.mcgill.ca>=

Course timetable:

  Lect= ures               &= nbsp;   11h30-12h30, Tuesday & Thursday, FDA 211.

=   Laboratories   &= nbsp;        14h30-17h30, Thursday or Friday (your choice= ), FDA 211.

I. Course objectives:<= span style=3D'font-family:Univers;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-no-proof:yes'>

  1) relate the principles of crysta= l chemistry & structure to properties of minerals

  2) learn the concepts of mineral classification

  3) develop identificati= on skills from observation of common minerals in hand specimens

II. Grading:

  Assignments (4), lab reports (2): = 20%    Laboratory exams (three= ): 30%

  Mid-term exam: 0-20%        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;         Final exam : 30 % (50% if better than mid-term)&= nbsp;

III. Textbook (at the McGill Bookstore):

 "Introduction to Mineralogy" by W.D. Nesse (2000). Oxford University Press.

IV. Compulsory lab fee ($5). Other material, highly recommended for mineral identification:<= /o:p>

  Hand lens 10x ($6), magnet ($7), s= treak plate ($1), acid bottle ($2): sold as kit for $15;

  pocket knife (optional,= not provided). Total: $20 (cash only).

McGill University values academic integrity. Therefore all students must understand the meani= ng and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offenses under the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures (see www.mcgill.ca/integrity for more information).

 

L’uni= versité McGill attache une haute importance à l’honnêteté académique. Il incombe par conséquent à tous les étudiants de comprendre ce que l’on entend par tricherie, plag= iat et autres infractions académiques, ainsi que les conséquences= que peuvent avoir de telles actions, selon le Code de conduite de l’étudiant et des procédures disciplinaires (pour de pl= us amples renseignements, veuillez consulter le site www.mcgill.ca/integrity).

 

VI. As= signments, tests and exams can be written in either English or in French.

 =

VII. Course Plan (25 lectures):

- Definition of minerals and crystals

- Principles of crystallography        crystal morphology, symmetry operations, lattice symmetry,

&= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;         point/space groups, Miller notation of crystal forms, faces

- As= pects of crystal growth from solutions & melts     habit, structural defects, twinni= ng

- Methods of crystal struc= ture determination     powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction

- Ch= emical bonding in crystal structures     covalent, ionic, metallic, hydrog= en, VdW bonding,

&= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;         coordination polyhedra, Pauling's rules

- Ef= fect of temperature and pressure on crystal structure exsolution, order-disorder,

               =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;       polymorphic (displacive-reconstructive) transformations

  MIDT= ERM EXAM (50 min., on Tue= sday October 14, during our regular class time)

- Principles of mineral classification     chemical formulas of minerals, so= lid solutions

 

VII. Course Plan (continued):

- Compositional diagrams and recalculation of formulas

- Structure and properties of main mineral groups  silicates, native elements, sulfides, oxides, =

hydroxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates

- Introduction to phase diagrams   exsolution, order-disorder, equilibrium vs. fractional crystallization

  FINAL EXAM (3 hrs - scheduled during final exam period, in December 2008, TBA= )

 

VIII. Laboratory Exercises:

- We= ek 1) Overview of physical properties of minerals (report required)

- We= ek 2) Crystallography: point groups and crystal morphology (report required)=

- Mi= neral identification from hand specimens, introduction to some optical properties=

- Th= ree laboratory tests on mineral identification (Oct. 2-3, Oct. 30-31, and Nov. 27-28)

 

VII.  Optional Week-End Field Trip to Ba= ncroft area, Ontario (Oct. date to be confirmed= )

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Electronic version on WebCT-Vista and at http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/~jeannep/eps/syll2000.htm

From www.eps.mcgill.ca, c= lick on Department, then Course web pages, and EPSC210,

 

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