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| GEOL0289-1 | Determinative mineralogy
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| Duration : | 20h Th, 20h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | André‑Mathieu Fransolet |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | Two theoretical parts may be distinguished. The first one concerns the interpretation of chemical analyses of minerals, mainly those performed with the electron microprobe. The second part deals with the X-ray diffraction and is subdivided in three chapters: I. Nature of the X rays; II. Its interaction with the crystals; III. The powder method. |
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| Course objective : | In Mineralogy, identification of minerals is based both on the determination of the chemical composition and on the crystallographical analysis by X-ray diffraction. Consequently, the course gives to the student tools to properly interpret chemical data, and to understand the interaction of minerals with the X-ray beam. |
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| Prerequisites : | The elementary knowledge of geometric Crystallography and of Crystal Chemistry, teached during the course "Elements of Mineralogy and Petrography" of the 3rd year of bachelor, must be well understood (concept of periodic crystal lattice, point symmetry, substitution mechanisms, ...). |
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| Workshops : | Presence at the practical courses is obligatory. They take place just after the theoretical lectures, from 10h30 up to 12h30, and thus will start on Friday 25th, February 2011. |
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| Organization : | The lectures are given on Friday from 8h30 up to 12h30 during the second quadrimester. The first theoretical lecture will start on Friday 25th, February 2011, at 8h30 in the lecture room R62 in the building B18 (Géologie, Minéralogie, Paléontologie). |
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| Written notes : | Xerocopied written notes are available at the beginning of the course of the 4th week. Other doucments will be given during the pratical courses.
Among the reference books reachable at the library "Unité de Documlentation des Sciences de la Terre" (Building B6) or the the library of th Laboratory of Mineralogy (Building B18), the following titles are of interest:
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X-ray diffraction methods E.W. Nuffield, John Wiley & Sons, 1966, 409p.
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Mineralogy: Concets and Principles T. Zoltai & J.H. Stout, Burgess Publishing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1984, 505p.
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| Assessment : | The examination comprises a written part and an oral part, concentrated in 2 days, as a function of the student number. The written examination is a problem dealing with the chemical analysis, the oral part relates to the theoretical course. The quoting is established as it follows: a half of the evaluation for the written part, the other one for the oral part.
No partial exemption is given. |
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| Contacts : | Professeur A.-M. FRANSOLET
Laboratoire de Minéralogie, Bât. B18.
Tél.: 04 366 22 06
amfransolet@ulg.ac.be
Assistant for workshops: Mélanie RONDEUX
Tél.: 04 366 21 43
m.rondeux@ulg.ac.be |
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