541-0011/04 – Mineralogy (M)
Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Jiří Mališ, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Vladimír Slivka, CSc., dr. h. c. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2006/2007 | Year of cancellation | 2019/2020 |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The objective is comprehension of mineral´s crystal structure, its characteristics, clasification systems, genesis of minerals and its research methods. Students should learn:
Collect basic principles of mineral characteristics and classification. Describe, clarify and interpret natural processes of mineral cycle. Theoretically know basic analytical methods for minerals and crystals research. Ilustrate knowledge in examples of describing and utilization of minerals.
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Summary
Crystalline substances - the point of interest. Their morphology, inner structure, inter-regularities. Crystal symmetry, crystal systems. Chemical
crystallography, geometrical and chemical factors. Chemical bonds and their relation to physical properties. The explanation of the terms “isomorphism”
and “polymorphism”. Macrodiagnostic physical properties of mineral phases. Optical properties and their identification by using the polarizing microscope.
Systematic mineralogy, classification principles. A systematic overview of basic (best-known) mineral phases of elements of sulphides, halogenides,
oxides and hydroxides, nitrates, carbonates, sulphates, phosphates and silicates. Genetic mineralogy, main paragenetic regularities, succession.
Compulsory literature:
KLEIN C., HURLBUT C.: Manual of Mineralogy. – Wiley, 1993.
GAINES R.V. et al.: Dana´s New Mineralogy. – Wiley, 1997.
BERNARD J.H., HYRŠL J.: Minerals and their Localities.- Granit, 2004.
WINCHELL, A. N.: Elements of Optical Mineralogy. – Vydav. John Wiley and Sons New York, 1976.
Recommended literature:
LU, LIMING.: Iron Ore - Mineralogy, Processing and Environmental Sustainability. Elsevier, 2015.
BERNARD J.H., HYRŠL J.: Minerals and their Localities.- Granit, 2004.
MASON, J.: Introducing Mineralogy. Dunedin Academic, 2015.
BILLI, A. F., ÅKE MUKHERJEE, SOUMYAJIT.: Problems and Solutions in Structural Geology and Tectonics, Volume 5. Elsevier, 2019.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
The study of recommended literature.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
· Morphological crystallography, the main crystallographic laws. symmetry
crystals of simple shapes. Miller symbols, stereographic projection,
Crystal structure and separation.
· Structural crystallography, crystal lattice, X-ray methods,
identification of minerals.
Hazards crystallography, structure of the atom, chemical bonds, coordination
numbers and polyhedra, the importance of geometric and chemical factors of various types
izomorfie. Polymorphism and polytypie.
· Physical crystallography, physical properties makrodiagnostické
minerals.
Crystallography's Fiber, methods of determining the optical properties,
polarizing microscope. The relationship of structural crystallography and optical properties.
· Systematic mineralogy. Principle mineralogical system (Strunz).
Description of minerals in individual groups and their identification:
- elements
- sulphides
· Description minerals and their identification:
- halides
- Oxides and hydroxides
- nitrates
· Description minerals and their identification:
- carbonates
- sulphates
- Fost
· Description minerals and their identification:
- Silicates and their classification based on structure - nesosilikáty
- sorosilikáty
· Description minerals and their identification:
- cyklosilikáty
- inosilikáty
- Phyllosilicates
· Description minerals and their identification:
- Tektosilikáty - FOID
- feldspar
- zeolites
· Genetic mineralogy. Processes leading to formation of minerals and rocks in
different genetic conditions. Origin of igneous minerals. Magma differentiation.
· Sedimentary and metamorphic origin of the minerals.
· Topography of the most important mineralogical sites in the country.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
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