GEOS 435 - Optical Mineralogy and Petrology

(4 S.H.)

Theory of optical mineralogy. Optical properties of minerals determined by petrographic microscope. Introduction to major sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks; mineral equilibria and stability, mineralogic phase rule and metamorphic facies. Rock identification by megascopic and petrographic techniques. Lecture and laboratory. Prerequisite: GEOS 305 - Minerals and Rocks and CHEM 212 - Principles of Chemistry I. Field trips required. Offered alternate years in the spring semester.

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