Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
Grao en Química |
Subjects |
Geology |
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Identifying Data | 2022/23 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Geology | Code | 610G01006 | |||||||||||
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Graduate | 2nd four-month period |
First | Basic training | 6 | ||||||||||
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Topic | Sub-topic |
Crystallography and symmetry of crystalline matter | 1. Introduction to crystallography and mineralogy. Definition of crystal and mineral. Main properties of crystalline matter. Fundamentals of crystal chemistry: coordination. 2. Crystal systems: Orthorhombic, tetragonal, hexagonal, monoclinic, triclinic and isometric. 3. Point symmetry: symmetry elements, symmetry class. 4. Morphology of crystal forms: crystallographic axis, axis relations, faces, Miller indices. 5. Crystallographic projections (spheric and stereographic). 6. Planar symmetry: 2-dimensional order and planar lattices. Planar symmetry and groups. 7. Space symmetry: 3-dimensional order. Bravais lattices. Space symmetry (glide planes and screw axes). Space groups. Relations between point groups and space groups. 8. Molecular symmetry and Schoenflies notation. |
Geological processes, mineral formation, and types of rocks | 9. Formation of chemical elements. 10. Formation of minerals. 11. Types of rocks: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. 12. The most aboundant minerals in Earth crust: silicates. |
Chemical and physical properties of crystalline matter | 13. Physical properties of minerals: cleavage and fracture, hardness, piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity, magnetic properties. 14. Optical properties: X-ray diffraction, color, luster and streak, refraction, luminescence and phosphorescence). |
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