Bi2RC_1P1S Inorganic Nature – Practical Activities

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Jindřich Štelcl, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Václav Vávra, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Jindřich Štelcl, CSc.
Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Jindřich Štelcl, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge from chemistry, mathematics, physics and geography for secondary school.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Graduates of the course will be able to determine rock-forming minerals and basic rocks. The essential principles used for mineral and rocks determination will be demonstrate on the examples.
Syllabus
  • Mineralogy 1. symmetry elements and their finding on crystals 2. crystal systems and relationships between morphology and structure of crystals 3. practice exhibition of physical properties of minerals 4. optical properties of minerls and polarising microscope 5. practice exhibition of rock forming minerals Petrology 1. classification and exhibition of igneous rocks 2. classification and exhibition of sedimentary rocks 3. classification and exhibition of metamorphic rocks
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Zimák,J., 1998: Mineralogie a petrografie, vyd. UP Olomouc (lze půjčit v knihovně PdF, vč. prezenčně ve studovně)
  • http://mineralogie.sci.muni.cz
  • HEJTMAN, Bohuslav. Petrografie. Vyd. 3., opr. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1981, 261 s. URL info
  • SLAVÍK, František, Jiří NOVÁK and Jaroslav KOKTA. Mineralogie. 5. přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1974, 486 s. info
    not specified
  • http://atlas.mineraly.sci.muni.cz
  • http://atlas.horniny.sci.muni.cz
  • FEJDI, Pavel. Všeobecná mineralógia :morfologická kryštalografia. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2000, 178 s. ISBN 80-223-1391-2. info
Teaching methods
practice excercises, mineral and rocks identification
Assessment methods
1. 60 % success in three tests 2. practice identification of rocks and mineral samples
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 6 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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