541-0569/05 – Applied Mineralogy and Petrography (AMP)
Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Vladimír Slivka, CSc., dr. h. c. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Vladimír Slivka, CSc., dr. h. c. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2009/2010 | Year of cancellation | 2022/2023 |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Knowledge and comprehension of properties and utilizationation of minerals and rocks.
Recognize and describe minerals rock textures and structures.
Students should learn:
Collect fundamentals of research of rocks and minerals.
Describe, clarify and interpret processes of material cycle.
Apply analytical methods to describe minerals and rocks.
Ilustrate knowledge in examples of utilization of rock.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The definition of physical and chemical properties of “industrial” nonsilicate
and silicate minerals.
Technical utilisation of rocks. Criteria for the utilisation of rocks as
crushed aggregate and ornamental stones. Primary and secondary raw materials
for glass making and stoneware manufacturing. Petrositales as part of glass
ceramics.
Anthropogeneous deposits as a source of non-traditional raw materials in
cement, building and other industries.
Genetic types of coals, macropetrographical classification,
micropetrographical classification, maceral groups, microlithotypes.
Compulsory literature:
Kogel, J. E. et al. Industrial minerals and rocks. Comodities, Markets and Uses. Society for Mining, metalurgy and Exploration, Littleton, Colorado, USA, 2006.
Raymond, L. Petrology : the study of igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic rocks.
WCB/McGraw-Hill, Boston, c1995.
Recommended literature:
Tomkeieff, S. I. Dictionary of Petrology. John Wiley and Sons, New York,
c1983.
Taylor, G. H. et al. Organic Petrology. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin,
Stuttgart, 1998.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Zkouška z určování nerostů s písemnou přípravou.
E-learning
Other requirements
The study of recommended literature.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. The definition of physical and chemical properties of “industrial” nonsilicate
and silicate minerals.
2. Technical utilisation of rocks.
3. Criteria for the utilisation of rocks as crushed aggregate and ornamental stones.
4.Primary and secondary raw materials for glass making and stoneware manufacturing.
5. Petrositales as part of glass-ceramics.
6. Anthropogeneous deposits as a source of non-traditional raw materials in cement, building and other industries.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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