GEOL50233

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Optical Mineralogy and Petrography

Geology Undergraduate SE - Collg of Science & Engineering

Subject code

GEOL

Course Number

50233

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Description

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Two hours lecture and one three hour laboratory period per week. Analysis of the behavior of light in crystalline substances, complete treatment of crystal optics and the identification of non-opaque, rock-forming minerals using immersion media and thin section techniques. Intensive use of the microscope required.

Career

Undergraduate