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Mineralogy

Summary

Crystalline substances - the point of interest. Their morphology, inner structure, inter-regularities. Crystal symmetry, crystal systems. Chemical
crystallography, geometrical and chemical factors. Chemical bonds and their relation to physical properties. The explanation of the terms “isomorphism”
and “polymorphism”. Macrodiagnostic physical properties of mineral phases. Optical properties and their identification by using the polarizing microscope.
Systematic mineralogy, classification principles. A systematic overview of basic (best-known) mineral phases of elements of sulphides, halogenides,
oxides and hydroxides, nitrates, carbonates, sulphates, phosphates and silicates. Genetic mineralogy, main paragenetic regularities, succession.

Literature

KLEIN C., HURLBUT C.: Manual of Mineralogy. – Wiley, 1993.
GAINES R.V. et al.: Dana´s New Mineralogy. – Wiley, 1997.
BERNARD J.H., HYRŠL J.: Minerals and their Localities.- Granit, 2004.
WINCHELL, A. N.: Elements of Optical Mineralogy. – Vydav. John Wiley and Sons New York, 1976.

Advised literature

LU, LIMING.: Iron Ore - Mineralogy, Processing and Environmental Sustainability. Elsevier, 2015.
BERNARD J.H., HYRŠL J.: Minerals and their Localities.- Granit, 2004.
MASON, J.: Introducing Mineralogy. Dunedin Academic, 2015.
BILLI, A. F., ÅKE MUKHERJEE, SOUMYAJIT.: Problems and Solutions in Structural Geology and Tectonics, Volume 5. Elsevier, 2019.


Language of instruction čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština, angličtina, čeština, čeština, angličtina
Code 541-0011
Abbreviation M
Course title Mineralogy
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator Mgr. Štěpán Chládek, Ph.D.