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Advanced mineralogy

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Course ID:	1300-WMNZAW
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.304 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0532) Earth science The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Advanced mineralogy
Name in Polish:	Mineralogia zaawansowana
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Geology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmiot sugerowany do wyboru na II semestrze I roku na stud. II st. GEP na spec. Gmpgz (in Polish) Przedmiot sugerowny do wyboru na I r. stud. II st. GES na spec. GSM ścieżka Geomateriały mineralne
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	2.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective courses
Prerequisites (description):	the student should be familiar with fundamentals of crystalochemistry, mineralogy and petrology.
Short description:	(in Polish) Przedmiot obejmuje przedstawienie budowy minerałów z uwzględnieniem następujących zagadnień: rodzaje uporządkowania strukturalnego (rodzaje mikrostruktur), rodzaje przerostów (wraz z ich interpretacją genetyczną), budowa minerałów o strukturach modułowych i modulowanych, naturalne struktury krystaliczne o zgiętych płaszczyznach sieciowych.
Full description:	The course covers 30 lectures 1.5 hour each and presents the given below issues. Lecture 1 and 2. Solid vs. amorphous state, polymorphism, polytypism, short-range and long-range order, epitaxy, topotaxy, polysomatic overgrowths, modular crystals, modulated crystal structures, fundamentals on crystalline structures with bent lattice planes. Lecture 3. "Normal" and inverse structures, solid solutions, spinodal decomposition (shown on spinel group). Lecture 4 and 5. Polytypic varieties, solid solutions, miscibility gaps, decomposition of solid solutions, ordering and anti-phase domains, microstructures, exsolutions and their genetic importance (shown on group of pyroxenes). Lecture 6 and 7. Polysomatic overgrowths -ordered and disordered, zipper-type tranformations, polymerisation of silicates, types of linking of silicate chains (shown in biopyribole group) Lectures 9 and 10. Types of octahedral sites. Ordering of octahedral substitutions and their genetic importance (shown on olivine group). Minerals of Earth's mantle: phase transitions, phase changes of (Mg, Fe)2SiO4 polymorphs compared with phase transitions of other HP (high pressure) phases, meaning of polysomatic intergrowths and defects of crystalline strukture for water transport into Earth's upper mantle (shown on olivines and silicate spinels); mineral intergrowths in UHP (ultra high pressures) rocks documenting the breakdown of HP phases derived from the upper mantle. Lecture 11, 12 and 13. Ordered and disordered distribution of isomorphic cations and anions substitutions in crystal structure of silicates, polytypism, epitaxy and topotaxy, modulated structures, mineralswith bent lattice planes,homogenic and heterogenic nucletation, polysomatic series of minerals with different crystal structure (shown on serpentinite and mica group minerals). Lecture 14 and 15. Naural glasses, gels and pseudocolloids, growth of minerals at surface conditions, methods of investigation of amorphous substances (allophans, immogolite, volcanic glasses).
Bibliography:	(in Polish) Griffen D. T. 1992 - Silicate Crystal Chemistry, Oxford University Press New York - Oxford, 1-442 Hawthorne, F.C.,Ed. 2007. Amphiboles : crystal chemistry, occurrence, and health issues 1-545. Reviews in Mineralogy, vol. 67. Mineralogical Society of America, Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. Kohn, M.J., Rakovan, J.F., Hughes, J.M. Eds. 2002. Phosphates : geochemical, geobiological, and materials importance 1-742. Reviews in Mineralogy, vol. 48. Mineralogical Society of America, Liebscher, A., Franz, G.,Eds. 2004. Epidotes 1-628. Reviews in Mineralogy, vo. 56. Mineralogical Society of America, Geochemical Society. Mottana, A., Ed. 2002. Micas : crystal chemistry and metamorphic petrology 1-499. Reviews in Mineralogy, vol. 46. Mineralogical Society of America, Accademia nazionale dei Lincei.
Learning outcomes:	A credit-given student posesses the knowledge and is able to determine the genesis of several groups of minerals based on crystallographic and chemical composition study.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The credit is given upon passing a graded written exam. Time limit: 90 mins.
Practical placement:	none

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span:	2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU WYK W TH FR
Type of class:	Lecture, 30 hours, 10 places more information
Coordinators:	Sławomir Ilnicki
Group instructors:	Sławomir Ilnicki, Jan Parafiniuk
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Examination Lecture - Examination

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