541-0011/06 – Mineralogy (M)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Jiří Mališ, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Jiří Mališ, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| 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.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
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
Test.
E-learning
Other requirements
The study of recommended literature.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Morphological crystallography, main crystallographic laws. Symmetry
crystals simple shapes. Miller symbols, stereographic projection,
Crystal systems and separations.
2. Structural crystallography, crystal lattices, x-ray methods,
determination of minerals.
3. Chemical crystallography, atomic structure, chemical bonds, coordination
numbers and polyhedra, the importance of the geometric and chemical factor in different types
isomorphism. Polymorphism and polytypy.
4. Physical crystallography, macrodiagnostic physical properties
minerals.
5. Optical crystallography, methods of determining optical properties,
polarizing microscope. Relationship between structural crystallography and optical properties.
7. Systematic mineralogy. The principle of the mineralogical system (Strunze).
Description of minerals in individual groups and their identification: elements, sulfides, halides, oxides and hydroxides.
8. Description of minerals and their identification: carbonates, sulfates, phosphates
9. Description of minerals and their identification: silicates and their division based on structure: - non-silicates, sorosilicates, cyclosilicates
10. Description of minerals and their identification: silicates and their division based on structure:- inosilicates, phyllosilicates, tectosilicates, foids, feldspars, zeolites.
11. Genetic mineralogy. Processes leading to the formation of minerals and rocks in
different genetic conditions. Igneous origin of minerals. Magma differentiation.
12. Sedimentary and metamorphic origin of minerals.
13. Topography of the most important mineralogical localities in the Czech Republic.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction