Date Topic Reading
9/26 Introduction
to Earth Materials Ch.
1 [WB]; Ch. 1-3 [M]
9/28 Elements,
minerals and cosmochemistry Ch.
2 pp. 12-22; [WB]
10/3 Atoms
and crystals
ionic radii and PaulingÕs rules Ch.
2; pp. 23-31 [WB]
10/5 Atoms
and crystals
symmetry and crystal
structure Ch.
3 pp. 32-44 [WB]
10/10 Crystal
growth and habit Ch.
5 [WB]
10/12 Physical
and mechanical properties of crystals
Ch.
8,11,13 [WB – skim]
10/17 Identifying
minerals (classification) Ch.
14 [WB]; Ch. 7 [M]
10/19 MIDTERM
I
10/24 Minerals
in hand specimen Ch.
15 [WB]
10/26 Mineral
genesis Ch.
16 [WB]
10/31 Introduction
to igneous systems Ch.
18 [WB]
11/6 Igneous
rocks and minerals Ch.
19;35 [WB]
11/7 Introduction
to sedimentary minerals Ch.
21-23 [WB]
11/9 MIDTERM
II
11/14 Sulfides
and related minerals Ch.
24 [WB]
11/16 Metamorphic
environments Ch.
26 [WB]
11/21 Practical
mineralogy – soil minerals & cement
Ch.
27, 32 [W] skim
11/23 THANKSGIVING
11/28 Practical
mineralogy – gemstones Ch.
30-31 [WB];
Ch.
9-10 [M]
11/30 MIDTERM
III
12/9 PAPER
DUE BY THE END OF EXAM WEEK
NOTE: Initials in brackets refer to the text book: WB is Wenk and Bulakh Mineralogy and
M is Murray Evidence from the Earth