Auburn
University
Dr. Bill Hames
Auburn University Virtual Mineral Collection
Cool/Useful Mineralogy Web Sites
Lectures planned for the course are listed sequentially in the table below. The information in this table, and associated links, has been posted to supplement lecture material and to promote further study and review. Additional links and material will be added throughout the quarter.
| Day 1 | Class Introduction; Definition of a mineral | Begin Reading Chapter 1 in text. |
| Day 2 | Symmetry Operations and Point Groups | p. 21-47 |
| Day 3 | The 32 Classes and Six Systems of Crystals | p. 43-53; 63-107 (main points) |
| Day 4 | From finite to the infinite: 2D Lattices | p. 108-115 |
| Day 5 | Lattices and Miller Indices of the Crystal Systems | p. 123-128; 38-43 |
| Day 6 | Symmetry Operations with Translation | p. 129-133 |
| Day 7 | Other Considerations of Crystalline Materials | p. 150-169 |
| Day 8 | Atoms, Ions, the Periodic Chart, Bonding | p. 170-190 |
| Test #1 | Is all the preceeding stuff on the first test? | |
| Day 9 | X-ray Analytical Methods | p. 276-288, 228-231 |
| Day 10 | Packing, Coordination, Charge Balance | p. 190-201 |
| Day 11 | Pauling's Rules, Solid Solution | p, 201-210; p. 233-237 |
| Day 12 | Calculation of Mineral Formulas, I | p. 240-249; skim 315-330 |
| Day 13 | Mineral Physical Properties; Native Elements | Ch. 6; p. 334-350 |
| Day 14 | Sulfides, Oxides and Hydroxides | p. 350-398 |
| Day 15 | Halides, Sulfates, Phosphates, and Carbonates | p. 398-439 |
| Day 16 | Silicate Mineral Structures; SiO2 Polymorphs | p. 440-444; 524-532 |
| Day 17 | Tectosilicates: Feldspars | p. 532-543 |
| Day 18 | Tectosilicates: Feldspathoids, Scapolite, and Zeolites | p. 543-548, 548-557 |
| Test #2 | This is not much fun right now.... | |
| Day 19 | Phyllosilicate Mineral Structures | p. 498-506 |
| Day 20 | Phyllosilicates: Serpentines and Clays | p. 506-515 |
| Day 21 | Phyllosilicates: True Micas | p. 515-522 |
| Day 22 | Inosilicates: Pyroxenes and Pyroxenoids | p. 474-485 |
| Day 23 | Inosilicates: Amphiboles | p. 485-498 |
| Day 24 | Asbestiform Minerals: Uses and Health Risks | class handouts, Internet |
| Day 25 | Mineral Formulas, Part II | class handouts; p. 240-249 |
| Day 26 | Cyclosilicates and Sorosilicates | p. 462-474 |
| Day 27 | Nesosilicates: Olivines | p. 444-451 |
| Day 28 | Nesosilicates: Garnets | p. 451-454 |
| Day 29 | Nesosilicates: Aluminum Sliciates, etc. | p. 454-462 |
| The Week of Thanksgiving Break | ||
| Day 30 | Review of Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry | Ch. 9: p. 309-315 |
| Day 31 | Igneous Mineralogy and Rock Classifications | Ch. 14: p. 558-569 |
| Day 32 | Sedimentary Mineralogy and Rock Classifications | Ch. 14: p. 569-581 |
| Day 33 | Metamorphic Mineralogy and Rock Classifications | Ch. 14: p. 581-590 |
| Test #3 - Final Exam | ||
There are many interesting and useful web sites for mineralogy - a few that are really good are listed below:
The Image: http://www.theimage.com/index.html
The Mineral Gallery: http://mineral.galleries.com/default.htm
The Mineralogical Society of America: http://www.minsocam.org/
The Virtual Geosciences Professor: http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/anon/anonfieldtrips.html
Teaching Resources in Mineralogy and Petrology: http://geology.smith.edu/msa/Teaching.html
Earth Science Resources on the Internet (UNC): http://www.geosci.unc.edu/web/ESresources/ES12795.html
In addition, use a search engine (such as Yahoo) to look for information on specific mineralogy topics (just try entering the name of any mineral, then add qualifiers to narrow down the list).
You can send email to me at my Auburn University address, hameswe@mail.auburn.edu, through my Auburn University homepage, or through an email program.