Unit information: Mineralogy in 2009/10

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Unit name Mineralogy
Unit code EASC20004
Credit points 10
Level of study I/5
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1A (weeks 1 - 6)
Unit director Dr. Schumacher
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

EASC10001
Co-requisites

Igneous geology EASC20005
School/department School of Earth Sciences
Faculty Faculty of Science

Description including Unit Aims

Mineral optics; principles of crystal chemistry and crystallography; classification of minerals; isomorphism and polymorphism; structures, compositions and occurences of the major rock-forming mineral.

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