Ge 114a Course Outline - 2025     Lectures: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

September 30 Beginning of instruction

  1) Sep 29   Organization, Earth chemistry. corundum
  2) Sep 30   Atomic packing, corundum, hematite, ilmenite
  3) Oct 02   Spinels and ligand-field stabilization energy
  4) Oct 06   Crystal systems and Miller indices
  5) Oct 07   The hydrous iron oxides, pseudomorphs
  6) Oct 09    Mineral magnetics and garnets
  7) Oct 13    Garnet structure, synthetic garnets
  8) Oct 14    Hydrogarnets, olivines and the phase diagram
  9) Oct 16    Olivine structure
10) Oct 20    Olivine site occupancy determination, weathering, batteries
11) Oct 21    The calcic pyroxenes
12) Oct 23    The sodic pyroxenes
13) Oct 27    Amphiboles, Pyroxenoids
14) Oct 28     Polymorphs and biopyrobiles

October 20-> Midterm examination period

15) Oct 30    Serpentine and asbestos  
16) Nov 03   Layer silicate classification 
17) Nov 04   Mica polytypes
18) Nov 06   The Feldspars
19) Nov 10   Feldspar Colors
20) Nov 11   The silicas
21) Nov 13   Colored silica varieties
22) Nov 17   Colored silica varieties continued
23) Nov 18   Biominerals   
24) Nov 20   Manganese oxides   
25) Nov 22   Zeolites and evaporites  
26) Nov 25   Extra Topics   
27) Nov 27   -- Thanksgiving vacation --  

28) Dec 01  High Pressure minerals 
29) Dec 02   High Pressure minerals, continued
30) Dec 04   Gem Minerals

December 5 Last day of classes