Lectures will be a combination of Powerpoint presentations and illustrations on the whiteboard or with equipment or samples in class. In most cases, Powerpoint slides will be posted here as PDF files after the class. In-class handouts will also typically be posted here.
These summaries and notes are not a substitute for attending lectures!
Class Notes
Lecture 1 – 1/7/2013 (Introduction, composition of Earth, what is a mineral?)
Lecture 2 – 1/9/2013 (Bonding in minerals)
Lecture 3 – 1/14/2013 (Pauling’s rules)
Lecture 4 – 1/16/2013 (Ionic substitution)
Lecture 5 – 1/23/2013 (Simple structures: AX, AX2, oxides)
Lecture 6_0128_oxides_sulfides_oxyanions
Lecture 7_0130_silicates 1
Lecture 8_0204_silicates 2
Lecture 9_0206_silicates 3
Lecture 10_0211_symmetry 1
Lecture 11_0213_symmetry 2
Lecture 14 – 3/11/2013 (Phase rule, 1- and 2-component systems: solid solution, eutectic)
Lecture 15 – 3/13/2013 (2-component systems: eutectic, peritectic)
Lecture 16 – 3/25/2013 (3-component systems, Bowen’s reaction series, pressure and fluid effects)
Lecture 17 – 3/27/2013 (Classification of igneous rocks)
Lecture 18 – 4/1/2013 (Major and minor elements in igneous rocks)
Lecture 19 – 4/3/2013 (Trace elements in igneous rocks)
Lecture 20 – 4/8/2013 (Formation environments of igneous rock types: a small sampling)
Lecture 21 – 4/10/2013 (Optical petrography and igneous rock textures)
Lecture 22 – 4/15/2013 (Introduction to metamorphism)
Lecture 23 – 4/17/2013 (Metamorphic index minerals, metamorphic rock classification)
Lecture 24 – 4/22/2013 (Metamorphic rocks on Mars?)