Optical Mineralogy Lab Handouts (Ge 114b people)

upgraded for 2010-2011

 

These lab exercises will be set up in room 267 Arms.
You should download a copy of these lab handouts.  They are stored in MS Word 2003 format.

Optical Lab

 

Short Title

First Lab Day

Duration

Last Lab Day

Lab Due Date

Lab 1

Introduction to microscope

Oct 4

1 week

Oct 10

Oct 15

Lab 2

Orthoscopic examination

Oct 11

1 week

Oct 18

Oct 18

Lab 3

Uniaxial optics

Oct 18

1 week

Oct 25

Oct 25

Lab 4

Biaxial optics

Oct 25

1 week

Nov 1

Nov 1

Lab 5

Common Minerals

Nov 1

2 weeks

Nov 15

Nov 15

Lab 6

Raman spectroscopy*

Nov 15  (356 Arms)

1 week

Nov 22

Nov 22

Lab 7

Infrared spectroscopy*

Nov 22  (354 Arms)

1 week

Nov 29

Nov 29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* we will need multiple lab

 

 

 

 

 

sessions in the Raman and IR lab