Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Applied Mineralogy and Petrography

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	541-0569/06
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.

Subject syllabus

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.

Literature

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.

Advised literature

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.

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