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GEOL 3451 - Earth Materials I: Mineralogy

Credits: 4

The study of minerals and rocks: elementary crystallography; crystal chemistry; mineral structures and physical properties; rock classification and identification of rocks and minerals in hand specimen; principles of mineral optics; identification of minerals in thin section; and introduction to relationships among rock textures, origins, and rock-forming processes. Prerequisite: One 1300-level course in Earth sciences. Prerequisite or corequisite: CHEM 1301  or CHEM 1303 .


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