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Ukončeno v akademickém roce 2022/2023

Applied Mineralogy and Petrography

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-0569/05
Abbreviation AMP
Course title Applied Mineralogy and Petrography
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Vladimír Slivka, CSc., dr. h. c.

Osnova předmětu

1. The definition of physical and chemical properties of “industrial” nonsilicate
and silicate minerals.
2. Technical utilisation of rocks.
3. Criteria for the utilisation of rocks as crushed aggregate and ornamental stones.
4.Primary and secondary raw materials for glass making and stoneware manufacturing.
5. Petrositales as part of glass-ceramics.
6. Anthropogeneous deposits as a source of non-traditional raw materials in cement, building and other industries.

Povinná literatura

Kogel, J. E. et al. Industrial minerals and rocks. Comodities, Markets and Uses. Society for Mining, metalurgy and Exploration, Littleton, Colorado, USA, 2006.
Raymond, L. Petrology : the study of igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic rocks.
WCB/McGraw-Hill, Boston, c1995.

Doporučená literatura

Tomkeieff, S. I. Dictionary of Petrology. John Wiley and Sons, New York,
c1983.
Taylor, G. H. et al. Organic Petrology. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin,
Stuttgart, 1998.