GD221 Actual questions from mineralogy - research

Faculty of Science
Spring 2019

The course is not taught in Spring 2019

Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination), k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Losos, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Losos, CSc.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Losos, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
Completed Master's Study of Geology. The subject is intended for the doctoral study program of geology.
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
Problems of morphological description of minerals, their crystals and aggregates. Photodocumentation. Macro- and Microscopic study of minerals. Problems of X-Ray diffraction analysis, methods, STADI-P Diffractometer, Visual PowderX Software, PDF-1,-2 data. Crystal chemistry of minerals, clasification diagrams, empiric formulas. Genetic aspect of minerals, assemblages, paragenesis. New informations about topographical mineralogy of the studied areas.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to: - to effectively apply the methods and modern knowledge of mineralogical research in solving the topic of dissertation
Syllabus
  • Problems of morphological description of minerals, their crystals and aggregates. Photodocumentation. Macro- and Microscopic study of minerals. Problems of X-Ray diffraction analysis, methods, STADI-P Diffractometer, Visual PowderX Software, PDF-1,-2 data. Crystal chemistry of minerals, clasification diagrams, empiric formulas. Genetic aspect of minerals, assemblages, paragenesis. New informations about topographical mineralogy of the studied areas.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KLEIN, Cornelis and Cornelius S. HURLBUT. Manual of mineral science : (after James D. Dana) [Klein, 2002]. 22nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002, xii, 641 s. ISBN 0-471-25177-1. info
  • Nesse, William D. Introduction to Mineralogy. 2002, 442 pp., Oxford University press, New York, Oxford.
  • Gribble, Colin D. - Hall Allan J. Optical Mineralogy. Principles and practice. 1992, 303 pp., UCL Press, University College London.
Teaching methods
Individual study, tutorials, presentations
Assessment methods
Customized teaching, class discussion
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, spring 2012 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, autumn 2017, spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2019, recent)
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