GA991 Regional mineralogy of CR

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
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: Ing. Jana Pechmannová
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
Termination of Mineralogy I course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with minerals, mineral associations and their relations to the geology of the Czech Republic.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to describe main regional mineralogical areas.
Syllabus
  • Significant minerals of our magmatites and volcanic rocks. Mineralogy of pegmatites. Review of most important pegmatites in the Czech Republic, in detail - mineral parageneses of pegmatites from Otov, Písek, Dolní Bory, Rožná and Maršíkov. High temperature Sn -W-Li mineralization and greisen-formation in Krušné hory Mountains and Slavkov Forest (Cínovec, Krupka, Horní Slavkov). Au - mineralization in the Czech Republic - Jílové, Kašperské Hory. Hydrothermal veins and their primary and secondary minerals. Review of all important localities in the Czech Republic, in detail Jáchymov, Příbram, selenides in U-occurrences Zálesí, Dědova hora near Hořovice. Fluorite in the Bohemian Massif. Mineral associations formed by metamorphic processes of various kinds. Minerals of ore deposits. Skarns - association of minerals. Minerals of Lahn - Dill type deposits. Minerals of Alpine-type veins: Čáslav, Kolín, western Moravia, High Jeseník. Minerals of sedimentary origin, their important localities in the Czech Republic. New minerals for the mineralogical system found in the Czech Republic.
Literature
    required literature
  • BERNARD, Jan Hus. Minerály České republiky : stručný přehled. Edited by Josef Staněk. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 2000, 186 s. ISBN 8020003509. info
    recommended literature
  • BERNARD, Jan Hus. Mineralogie Československa. 2. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1981, 645 s. URL info
  • POUBA, Zdeněk and Jan Hus BERNARD. Rudní ložiska a metalogeneze československé části Českého masívu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1986, 320 s. info
    not specified
  • BERNARD, Jan Hus and Rudolf ROST. Encyklopedický přehled minerálů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1992, 701 s. ISBN 8020003606. info
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Final written test.
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 once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřeno v jarním semestru 2024/2025.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
The course is intended primarily for students of geology with a focus on mineralogy, petrology and deposit geology.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2007, Spring 2011, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2022.
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