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Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

Mineralogy and Petrography

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-0028/18
Abbreviation M
Course title Mineralogy and Petrography
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Vladimír Slivka, CSc., dr. h. c.

Subject syllabus

· Introduction to mineralogy, its distribution and significance. Basic concepts in
mineralogy and crystallography. Basic characteristics
crystalline substances. Morphological crystallography - the main crystallographic
laws, crystal symmetry, symmetry operations and elements, crystal structures
osní and their crosses, simple crystal shapes, Weiss and Miller symbols
stereographic projection. Overview of selected crystal separation
systems (2 lectures).
· Real crystals - a natural development of crystal shape (habit of minerals,
inevitable and random crystal adhesions). Basics of structural crystallography.
Bravaisovy translational lattice. X-ray methods of research crystalline substances.
· Basic chemical and physical crystallography. Geometric and chemical
factor in the development of structures. Chemical bonds. The coordination numbers and polyhedra.
Izomorfie, polymorphism and polytypie. The most important physical makrodiagnostické
properties of minerals.
Crystallography's Fiber - the most important optical properties of minerals and
methods for their determination in transmitted light. Polarizing microscope.
· Systematic Mineralogy - the principle of mineralogical system.
A systematic overview of the most important minerals of the groups of elements, sulfides,
halides, oxides and hydroxides, nitrates, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates. Summary
technical use of selected minerals and their occurrence (2 lectures).
· Systematic mineralogy. The principle of classification based on silicates
structure. A systematic overview of the most important group of silicate minerals -
their characteristics, technical merit and appearance. Rock-meaning groups
silicates (2 lectures).
· Genetic Mineralogy - basic methods of mineral processes
magmatogenními, and sedimentogeními metamorfogenními.
· Introduction to petrography and basic concepts in petrography. The basic division
rocks according to their origin. Igneous rocks - igneous rock formation and
their division, differentiation of magma, minerals of magmatic rocks,
characteristic structures and textures of igneous rocks.
· Igneous rocks - fundamentals of chemical and mineralogical classification
igneous rocks, characteristic of basic types of igneous rocks, their
appearance and practical use.
· Sedimentary rocks - the basic processes of sedimentary rocks
(Weathering, transport, sedimentation, diagenesis), structure and texture of sediments,
rock-forming components of sediments.
· Sedimentary rocks - principles of classification and cementation of clastic
sediments, sediment system, characteristics of basic types of clastic and
cementation of sedimentary rocks, their occurrence and practical use.
· Metamorphic rocks - formation of metamorphic rocks, physical and
chemical factors of metamorphism, types of metamorphosis. The basic structure and texture
metamorphics. Rock-forming minerals metamofitů. The most important
regional and contact metamorphic rocks, their occurrence and practical
use. Migmatites - creation and distribution base.

Literature

HALDAR, S. K. a Josip TIŠLJAR. Introduction to mineralogy and petrology. Amsterdam: Elsevier, [2014]. ISBN 978-0-12-408133-8 .
RAYMOND, Loren A. Petrology: the study of igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic rocks. Boston: WCB/McGraw-Hill, c1995. ISBN 0-697-00190-3.
KLEIN, Cornelis, Barbara DUTROW, James Dwight DANA a Cornelius Searle HURLBUT. The 23rd edition of the manual of mineral science: (after James D. Dana). 23rd ed. Hoboken: Wiley, c2008. ISBN 978-0-471-72157-4.
SEN, Gautam. Petrology: principles and practice. Berlin: Springer, [2014]. ISBN 978-3-642-38799-9 .

Advised literature

BERNARD, Jan Hus a Jaroslav HYRŠL, KING, Vandall T., ed. Minerals and their localities. 2nd updated ed. Praha: Granit, 2006. ISBN 80-7296-054-7.
MUKHERJEE, Swapna. Applied mineralogy: applications in industry and environment. Dordrecht: Springer, [2011]. ISBN 978-94007-1161-7 .
DEER, William Alexander, Robert Andrew HOWIE a Jack ZUSSMAN. An introduction to the rock-forming minerals. 2nd ed. Harlow: Pearson Prentice Hall, 1992. ISBN 0-582-30094-0.
FROST, Bryce Ronald a Carol Denison FROST. Essentials of igneous and metamorphic petrology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-107-02754-1.