Tulane University, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences

Earth & Environmental Sciences 2110

MINERALOGY

Prof. Stephen A. Nelson

snelson@tulane.edu

Fall 2017
 

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August 28, 2017 - For this course you will need to know the chemical formula of the common minerals as listed HERE.  I recommend you print the PDF version of this file and get started right away.

September 18, 2017 - A revised version of the syllabus is now posted.  This was necessary because the first day of class was cancelled. 

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Note:  Two versions of each set of lecture notes are shown in the table below.  The first is in html format, optimized for viewing on the Web at screen resolutions greater than 800x600.  You can print this version directly from your Web browser, but there is no guarantee that the pages will break where they are supposed to, since each person's browser can be set up differently (margins, fonts, font sizes, etc.).  

The PDF (Portable Document Format) versions of the lecture notes are optimized for printing.  All page breaks should occur correctly.  If your web browser has the proper plug-in installed, clicking on the PDF will bring the file into your web browser from which you can then print the notes.  If the plug-ins are not installed, your web browser will either attempt to download the PDF files or offer to send you to the Adobe web site to download the plug-ins for your browser.  If you choose to download the PDF format lecture notes you will still need the free Adobe Reader to view and print the files.  This and further information about the browser plug-ins can be obtained by clicking on the icon below.

Special Note on Web Browsers.  Different web browsers have different ways of displaying the Greek Character set used in some of these web pages.   These are characters like - Δ Σ α β etc. If these characters do not show up as Greek characters, your browser doesn't recognize the method I used to create the page.   Internet Explorer, in particular has difficulty with these characters.  The alternative is to use a different browser (Firefox or Safari) to view the html files or to use the PDF files where all fonts are rendered correctly.

Note: Only documents with a *  have been updated for the Fall 2017 semester

Elements of Crystal Symmetry*

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External Symmetry of Crystals, 32 Crystal Classes*

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Crystal Morphology, Crystal Symmetry, Crystallographic Axes*

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Axial Ratios, Weiss Parameters, Miller Indices*

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Crystal Forms, Zones, &  Habit*

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Stereographic Projection of Crystal Faces*

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Crystallographic Calculations*

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Twinning, Polymorphism, Polytypism, Pseudomorphism*

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 Crystal Chemistry*

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Coordination and Pauling's Rules*

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Binary Phase Diagrams*

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• The Geochemical Earth Reference Model (GERM)
  
• U. North Carolina Atlas of Igneous & Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals, & Textures
  
• Mineralogy Database 
• Mineral and Locality Database (Mindat.org)
  
• University of Bristol - Optical Mineralogy 
• Dr.  Olaf Medenbach's optical mineralogy resource pages
  
• The Mineral Gallery
• How to make paper crystal models

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