Terminated in academic year 2009/2010

Mineralogy and Petrography

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	541-0969/01
Abbreviation	MP
Course title	Mineralogy and Petrography
Credits	0
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Vladimír Slivka, CSc., dr. h. c.

Subject syllabus

Amorphous and crystalline substances. Morphological crystallography. Symmetry in the Mineral
empire. Structural crystallography. Izomorfie, polymorphism. The main physical
properties of minerals. Methods for identification of mineral phases. genesis of mineral
magmatogenními marches, and hypergenními metamorfogenními. Systematics of minerals.
Silicates. Horninotovné minerals. The development cycle of the earth's crust. Igneous rocks,
sedimentary and metamorphic, structural and textural their characteristics, genesis,
systematics. Rock - mineral raw material. Modern methods for identification
environment of rock complexes. (The course is intended for graduates
nongeological fields of higher studies).

Literature

Klein C., Hurlbut C. (1993): Manual of Mineralogy. – Wiley.
Blatt H., Tracy R., Owens B. (2005) Petrology: Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic. - Freeman.
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. Springer (print version) (electronic version).
Mineralogy and Petrology Springer Wien (print version) (electronic version)

Advised literature

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. Springer (print version) (electronic version).
Mineralogy and Petrology Springer Wien (print version) (electronic version)

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