Course Description

Basic mineralogy for geology majors and materials scientists. The principles of morphologic crystallography, crystal chemistry, and determinative mineralogy.

Lectures Labs

Tu, Th 8:00-9:15 Tu 12:00-3:00

PLS 1172 GEOL 2107

Instructor Teaching Assistant

Andrew J. Campbell Ryan Kerrigan

Geology Bldg., Rm. 3113 Geology Bldg., Rm. 4117

(301) 405-4086 (301) 405-4083

ajc@umd.edu kerrigan@geol.umd.edu

Office hours by appointment Office hours TBA

Textbook

Mineral Science, 23rd edition, by C. Klein and B. Dutrow.

ISBN 0-471-721573

Syllabus

Link to download of XtalDraw, a helpful and free program for visualizing crystal structures