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
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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