Ge 114a Course Outline - 2023     Lectures: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

  1) Sep 26    Organization, Earth chemistry. corundum
  2) Sep 28    Atomic packing, corundum, hematite, ilmenite
  3) Oct 02    Spinels and ligand-field stabilization energy
  4) Oct 03    Crystal systems and Miller indices
  5) Oct 05   The hydrous iron oxides, pseudomorphs
  6) Oct 09    Mineral magnetics and garnets
  7) Oct 10    Garnet structure, synthetic garnets
  8) Oct 12    Hydrogarnets, olivines and the phase diagram
  9) Oct 16    Olivine structure
10) Oct 17    Olivine site occupancy determination, weathering, batteries
11) Oct 19    The calcic pyroxenes
12) Oct 23    The sodic pyroxenes
13) Oct 24    Amphiboles, Pyroxenoids
14) Oct 26    Polymorphs and biopyrobiles
15) Oct 30    Serpentine and asbestos  
16) Oct 31   Layer silicate classification 
17) Nov 02    -- catch up day --  color & irradiation
18) Nov 06   Mica polytypes
19) Nov 07   The feldspars
20) Nov 09   The silicas
21) Nov 13   Colored silica varieties
22) Nov 14   Colored silica varieties continued
23) Nov 16   Biominerals   
24) Nov 20   Manganese oxides   
25) Nov 22   Zeolites and evaporites  
26) Nov 23   -- Thanksgiving vacation -- 
27) Nov 27   High Pressure minerals   
28) Nov 28   High Pressure minerals, continued
29) Nov 30   Gem Minerals