Ge114a Introductory Mineralogy  (Fall, 2024)  (3-0-3)

Copies of Handouts

• Hand Specimen Labs
• Homework Assignments

Lecture Notes  (oops; these were somehow all deleted --- a few are fixed for 2024 - those in bold)

(note: these pages are heavy in graphics)

These sections will be available at the appropriate times during the term.

• Corundum Lecture  (colors & chemistry)

• Olivine Lecture  (Site occupancy of olivine)
• Garnet Lecture  (colors of end-member garnets)
• Cordierite and other Ring Silicates Lecture
• Mica Lecture    (polytypes)
• Pyroxene Lecture
• Amphibole Lecture
  
• Quartz Lecture (colored varieties)
• Tourmaline Lecture (species and varieties)
• Feldspar Lecture - Phase Diagrams
  
• Asbestos Lecture (Structure and health implications of asbestos)
• High Pressure Studies. Powerpoint presentation
• Manganese Oxide Lecture (Manganese oxide polymorphs, desert varnish). 

           Additional information:   More on Desert Varnish;
                                                More on Manganese Dendrites.