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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Nonmetalliferous Deposits

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 541-0943/03
Abbreviation LN
Course title Nonmetalliferous Deposits
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jakub Jirásek, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

The definition of the term “nonmetalliferous deposits”. The genetic
classification of nonmetalliferous deposits. The chemical-technological
classification of nonmetalliferous deposits utilised for the foodstuffs
sector, agriculture and the production of abrasives, insulating materials and
ceramic materials. Glass, refractory and acid-resistant raw materials. Raw
materials used in inorganic chemical industry, foundry and for the production
of bleaching and filtering materials. Filling agents for plastics, natural
dyes and ochers. Raw materials suitable for utilising in optical industry and
as semiprecious stones and gem stones. A brief overview of the world mineral
raw material base of industrial minerals. Nonmetalliferous raw materials of
the Czech Republic.

Literature

EVANS A. M.: Ore Geology and Industrial Minerals. Blackwell Science Ltd., Malden /Oxford/Carlton, 1993, 1-389.
HARBEN, P., W., M.Kužvart: Industrial Minerals: a global geology. Industrial Minerals Information Ltd., Surrey- London, 1996.

Advised literature

USGS Minerals Yearbook: Commodity Statistics and Information. Available at www: http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/ (29.10.2008).