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| Rocks and Minerals | |||
| RKS & MINS | |||
| CLASS CODE: | GEOL 250 | CREDITS: 4 | FEE: $35.00 |
| DIVISION: | PHYSICAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING | ||
| DEPARTMENT: | GEOLOGY | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | Hand specimen study of common rocks and minerals, including their identification, classification, and interpretation. Recommended for Secondary Earth Science Education majors, and Geology Minors as well as, any other students interested in rocks and minerals. Not for Geology Majors. | ||
| TAUGHT: | Fall | ||
| CONTENT AND TOPICS: | 1. Physical properties of minerals 2. Crystals, crystal symmetry and crystal systems 3. Mineral chemistry and chemical classes 4. Important minerals in igneous rocks 5. Important minerals in sedimentary rocks 6. Important minerals in metamorphic rocks 7. Ore minerals and ore deposits 8. Gem minerals 9. Igneous rock fabrics 10. Igneous rocks classification. 11. Silicic and intermediate volcanic rocks, features, and processes 12. Basalts and mafic eruptive processes and features 13. Silicic and intermediate intrusive rocks and plutons 14. Magmatic systems - melting, diversification, and crystallization 15. Clastic sedimentary rocks - classification, environments and genesis 16. Carbonate sedimentary rocks - classification, environments, and genesis 17. Evaporites - classification, enviroments and genesis 18. Organic sedimentary rocks 19. Metamorphic fabrics - description and origin 20. Metamorphic classification 21. Physical and chemical principals of metamorphism 22. Metamorphic zones and facies 23. Global petrology/plate tectonics |
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| GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: | 1. Identify common rock and mminerals; ubterpret their origins. 2. Understand their significance to the interpretation of geologic history and their economic value to our society. 3. Gain the background to teach these concepts and skills to high school and junior high school students. |
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| REQUIREMENTS: | One or more field trips required. Purchase of hand lense required. | ||
| PREREQUISITES: | Geol 101 & 102, Geol 110 & 102, or Geol 111 & 111L or instructor's consent. | ||
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: | August 2001 | ||