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GEOL 3370: Mineralogy
(Fall 2021)
• T,Th 5:30-6:30 pm
• Face-to-Face: SEC 103
• Prof. Qi (Chi) Fu
• Lab: Fleming 219 & 215
– Atlanta Sen (2:30 – 4:00)
– Brent Richards (4:00 – 5:30)
– Weiyao Yan (7:00 – 8:30)

Dr. Qi (Chi) Fu
Expertise: organic geochemistry, water-rock interaction
Office:
Rm. 328B, S&R 1
Email:
[email protected], or [email protected]
Office Hours:
Tue. & Thurs. 1:30-2:30 pm, or appointment
on Microsoft Teams
Course materials:
Blackboard

WHAT YOU NEED
• Text book is REQUIRED
William D. Nesse (2017) 3rd Edition
(ISBN: 9780190618353)
Oxford University Press, Inc., New York.
2nd Edition also works
• Pencils, ruler, calculator, …
• Basic knowledge in Physical
Geology, Chemistry, etc.
• TIME!

The Geoscience Learning Center
(GLC)
SR1
Cullen Blvd.
Fleming
Agnes
Arnold
Hall
Science
SEC
Fleming 136
Closed due to COVID
GLC
One-on-one tutoring - Rocks - Minerals - Textbooks - Augmented Reality Sand Box -
River Modeling Table - Microscopes & Thin Sections - Geophysics Workstation -
Computers - Study Space - Google Earth - Videos
Staffed by EAS teaching assistants
[email protected]
713-743-6732
Coordinators
Dr. Hauptvogel
[email protected]
Dr. Sisson
[email protected]
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center/index.php

Resources
• TA on Microsoft Teams:
“Mineralogy and IgMetPet” channel
Code:
h636zhg
Talk to or leave messages for TAs
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
1:00 – 2:30 Brent Richards Atlanta Sen Brent Richards Atlanta Sen
4:00 – 5:30 Weiyao Yan Weiyao Yan

Mineralogy
• The study of minerals, their structure, physical
and chemical properties, formation, and uses.
• Weddellite
• Ca-oxalate CaC
2
O
4
·2H
2
O
• Tetragonal structure
• Found in Antarctica and in
kidney stones

Courses in this sequence
• 3370 Mineralogy: Properties, structure and
chemistry of rock forming minerals.
• 3372 Petrography: Optical methods; Study of
rocks and minerals in hand samples and thin
sections.
• 3373 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrogenesis:
The processes by which these rocks are formed;
Magmatism, melting, reactions, textures.
• 3374 Sedimentary Petrogenesis: Formation of
sedimentary rocks by physical and chemical
processes and their classification.

GEOL 3370 Course Structure
• 26 Lectures
• 18 Labs
• 3 Exams (non-cumulative)
• 1 Term Paper
• 70 Minerals
• Crystal symmetry and structure
• Crystal chemistry
• Methods of mineral
characterization:
X-ray spectroscopy
X-ray diffraction
• Systematic mineralogy:
silicates
nonsilicates

Grading
• “Adopt a mineral” term paper (20% - 60 pts)
• Lab assignments (30% - 90 pts)
• Exams (3 non-cumulative) (50% - 150 pts)
• There is no extra credit or make-up assignments

“Adopt a mineral” Term Paper
• “Adopt-A-Mineral Handout” in September
• Paper structure:
Title page, abstract, introduction,
composition, structure, physical properties,
geological occurrence, special