The most interesting mineral localities in Poland

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Course ID:	1300-WNZPZ1
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.303 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:	The most interesting mineral localities in Poland
Name in Polish:	Najciekawsze stanowiska mineralogiczne Polski
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Geology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty do wyboru na II i III roku studiów pierwszego stopnia na kierunku geologia poszukiwawcza (in Polish) Przedmioty do wyboru na II, III i IV roku studiów I-go stopnia na kierunku geologia stosowana Elective subjects for the second and third years of the third-year major in geology
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) 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. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective courses
Prerequisites (description):	(in Polish) Generalnie brak jest założeń wstępnych. W zrozumieniu treści przedmiotu może pomóc wcześniejsze zaliczenie zajęć z mineralogii i petrologii.
Short description:	The lecture is about the most interesting and famous mineralogical localities in Poland. These places are very important for history of mineralogy and for knowledge about geological structure of Poland. During the lecture presented will be also information about the history of mining and the latest scientific data about minerals occurring here. Described minerals were formed in various processes which allows for discussion of the main types of environments of minerals formation. Some of presented sites have only historical significance. A few of them still provides mineralogical specimens of very good quality. The lecture will be illustrated by photographs of specimens from private collections and museums (Museum of the Faculty of Geology, Museum of Earth, Mineralogical Museum of the University of Wrocław).
Full description:	During the lectures, students will learn about the origins of: a) deposits and minerals which are connected with sedimentary rocks (salt deposits in Kłodawa, Inowrocaw, Wieliczka, miocen clay rocks with gypsum crystals from Dobrzyń nad Wisłą, sulphur deposits in miocene evaporative series in Machów near Tarnobrzeg, kupfershifer copper deposits from Głogów-Lubin-Polkowice area) b) minerals which origin in supergene zones of different types of metal deposits (Wieściszowice - minerals connected with oxidation of pyrite and acid mine drainage, weathering deposit of Ni-ore in Szklary near Ząbkowice Śląskie) c) pegmatites of granite Strzegom-Sobótka massif (quarries in Strzegom, Zimnik, Borów, Kostrza, Siedlimowice) d) pegmatites of Karkonosze massif (Szklarska Poręba, Karpacz, Łomnica, Czarne, Michałowice, Mysłakowice) e) hydrothermal deposits of different origin (Zn-Pb sulphide deposits from Olkusz – Tarnowskie Góry area; hydrothermal Cu and Pb deposits from Holly Cross Mts - Miedzianka, Ołowianka, Karczówka, Stokóweczka); baryte deposit in Stanisławowie; polymetallic vein in Western Sudetes - Rędziny, Czarnów, Kowary, Radzimowice, Miedzianka-Ciechanowice) f) minerals from skarns and related (Złoty Stok, Garby Izerskie, Stara Kamienica, Kowary, Kletno) g) agates from Kaczawskie Mts (Nowy Kościół, Płóczki Górne, Lubiechowa) h) minerals from meteorites (e.g. Pułtusk, Łowicz, Morasko, Baszkówka, Przełazy and Świecie meteorites) The estimated total number of hours that the student has applied to achieve defined for the course learning outcomes is 40 hours.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) A.Lis, H. Sylwestrzak, 1987 Minerały Dolnego Śląska. Wydawnictwa Geologiczne Sándor Szakáll, George Udubasa, Rudolf Ďuďa, Viktor Kvasnytsya, Ewa Koszonska, Milan Novák, 2002 Minerals of the Carpathians. Granit Publishing Irena Gucwa, Aurelia Pelczar, 1986 Minerały Polskich Karpat. Wydawnictwa Geologiczne Traube H. 1888. Die Mineralien Schlesiens. 1-285. Breslau
Learning outcomes:	After the lectures the student: a) can explain the genesis of these deposits and mineral occurrences b) recognize the types of rocks and minerals characteristic for the most important mineral deposits and occurrences in the Sudety Mts. c) can explain the genesis of mineral deposits and occurrences d) explains some of the issues related to the detailed mineralogy of minerals discussed in the lecture.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Rating based on oral examination.
Practical placement:	(in Polish) brak

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