PřF:G1141k Optical Microscopy in Geology - Course Information
G1141k Optical Microscopy in Geology
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Dalibor Všianský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Nela Doláková, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Gadas, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Šišková (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Dalibor Všianský, Ph.D.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Ing. Jana Pechmannová
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of mineralogy and paleontology.
- 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
- there are 14 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The aim of this practically focused subject is: - to acquaint students with the basics of optical microscopy as a method in mineralogy and micropaleontology - Using a binocular microscope, students will learn to identify several groups of microfossils. - Most of the teaching time is devoted to polarization microcopy of rock-forming minerals, students will learn to recognize 20-30 minerals in thin sections.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the student will be able to: - identify basic groups of microfossils - identify 20 - 30 rock - forming minerals, or their groups (amphiboles, pyroxenes, carbonates, etc.) in thin sections
- Syllabus
- 1. Micropaleontology, micoscopy of basic groups of microfossils - theoretical foundations - sample preparation - practical work with binocular microscopes 2. Polarizing microcopy of minerals: - theoretical foundations - practical part - identification of minerals in thin-sections (quartz, alkali feldspasr, microcline, plagioclases, biotite, muscovite, carbonates, olivine, amphiboles, pyroxenes, garnet, titanite, chlorite, tourmaline, apatite, zirconium, epidote, serpentine group minerals, glauconite)
- Literature
- GREGEROVÁ, Miroslava, Bohuslav FOJT and Václav VÁVRA. Mikroskopie horninotvorných a technických minerálů (Microscopy rock-forming and technical minerals). 1st ed. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum, 2002, 315 pp. monografie. ISBN 80-7028-195-2. info
- DYAR, M. Darby and Mickey E. GUNTER. Mineralogy and optical mineralogy. Illustrated by Dennis Tasa. Chantilly, Va.: Mineralogical Society of America, 2008, xxiv, 706. ISBN 9780939950812. info
- OKRUSCH, Martin and Hartwig E. FRIMMEL. Mineralogy : an introduction to minerals, rocks, and mineral deposits. Berlin: Springer, 2020, xi, 719. ISBN 9783662573143. info
- Teaching methods
- 10 % - theoretical foundations 90 % - laboratory excercises
- Assessment methods
- Written test and practical identification of minerals in thin sections.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: Pouze prezenční varianta. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- G2141 Minerals and Rock Microscopy
(G1141k||G1141) && (G1061k||G1061) - G5531 Practical preparation of geological sections
typ_studia(ND) && (G1141||G1141k)
- G2141 Minerals and Rock Microscopy
- Teacher's information
- https://is.muni.cz/predmet/sci/jaro2021/G1141
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
- Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/sci/spring2025/G1141k