Minerals Crystal Chemistry

Duration

15h Th, 15h Pr, 2d FW

Number of credits

Lecturer

Frédéric Hatert

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This lecture is dedicated to PhD students. It contains the following chapters:

1. Solid solutions in minerals

2. Compact assemblages

3. Spinel and garnet structures

4. Pyroxenes

5. Amphiboles

6. Feldspars

7. Feldspathoids

8. Zeolites

9. Carbonates  

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The aim of this course is to give the students detailed information on the crystal structures of the main mineral groups. 

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

The content of the course "Cristallographie et Minéralogie" must be known.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Practicals: macroscopic identification.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Further information:

Practicals are OBLIGATORY.

Some chapters may be managed via podcasts or inverted classes.

This lecture will be given in "Vintage Teatching" mode (see https://www.minera.uliege.be/ for more details).

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- MyULiège

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

Work placement(s)

Two days of field-trip in the Ardenne mountains.

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Laptops, tablets and mobile phones forbidden (except when the teacher asks).

Contacts

Professor Frédéric HATERT
fhatert@ulg.ac.be
04/366.21.43




Assistant Martin Depret
04/366.22.28
Martin.Depret@uliege.be

Association of one or more MOOCs

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