2017/2018

2018/2019

DM270

GEO/06 (MINERALOGY)

DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

NATURAL SCIENCES

PERCORSO COMUNE

2°

2nd semester (04/03/2019 - 14/06/2019)

6

48 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

CALLEGARI ATHOS MARIA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Basic knowledge of general chemistry and physics at the level of basic courses of the three-year degree in Science and Technology for Nature. In particular with regard to chemistry: valence of chemical elements, oxidation states of atoms, chemical bonds and about physics: units of measurement, propagation of light, polarized light, absorption, refraction.

The aim of the course is to investigate the systematic mineralogy. The learning outcomes will be: the morphological and structural description of the minerals of the different mineralogical families and their arrangement in the systematic classification.

The general concepts about mineralogy, chemistry and physical chemistry and in particular the crystal chemical properties of the minerals and the relations existing among the minerals, the solid solutions among different phases and the concepts of polymorphism and isomorphism, are illustrated, in the first part of the course.
The arrangement of mineral species is illustrated and the following mineral families are described:
Native elements, Sulfides, Oxides and hydroxides, Halides, Carbonates, Nitrates, Borates, Sulfates, Chromates, Selenates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Vanadates, Organic minerals and Silicates.
The importance of minerals in everyday life is strongly emphasized.
The second part of the course is a pragmatic training about the most common analytical techniques usually used in mineralogical studies (optical microscopy, X ray diffraction, electron microscopy).

Classroom lectures with Power Point presentations and visits to the mineralogical museum.

Teaching material used during lessons provided free by the teacher.

Conelius Klein – MINERALOGIA- Zanichelli ed.

Oral test. The student must demonstrate the ability to catalog at least 2 minerals among those studied during the course following mineralogical systematic classifcation. It must also be able to describe the morphological and structural characteristics of the examined minerals.

Oral test. The student must demonstrate the ability to catalog at least 2 minerals among those studied during the course following mineralogical systematic classifcation. It must also be able to describe the morphological and structural characteristics of the examined minerals.