Mineralogy, GEO-220

I have retired, and so this course is no longer taught by me. I have abbreviated the content of this page, so it no longer has course-specific rubbish or too much content getting increasingly out of date. If you find any of the things here useful, that’s good..

ResourcesSyllabus (pdf)
Mineral Properties
Useful little mineral spreadsheet programs (xlsx)
Why Mineralogy is fun (for me)
X-ray diffractionX-ray diffraction d-2Θ conversion (xlsx)
New Rigaku XRD
MicroscopesMicroscope parts
Centering the optics
Oil immersion data sheet (pdf)
Scanning electron microscope
Crystal modelsEdenite
Staurolite

SVG vector graphics files for figures I use in this course (native Inkscape)