Teaching GuideTerm
Faculty of Science
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Grao en Química
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  Geology
   Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
The study of minerals, as natural inorganic chemical compounds, and mineral formation processes, provides knowledge on the reactivity of chemical elements that result in natural compounds A1
A3
A6
A12
B1
B3
C1
C2
Laboratory work includes the analysis of crystal forms and the identification of common minerals through a critical analysis of its symmetry, the development and training of spatial perception and the students’ abstraction capabilities. A1
A12
A15
A16
A23
A25
A27
B1
B4
B5
B7
C6
The student will face practical and theoretical aspects of minerals and crystalline matter, and the relationship between atomic arrangement and macroscopic properties A9
A12
A16
A20
A25
C1
C2
The internal structure of each mineral class, crystal system and the most representative unit cells are analyzed A1
A3
A6
A16
B3
B7
C1
C2
C3
The student will be able to relate mineral properties (density, cleavage, hardness, piezoelectricity) and mineral chemical composition, bonds and internal structure A6
A12
B1
C6
C7
Small group assignments are focused on solving problems related, in general, to practical aspects of mineralogy. The student should be able to present it in a synthetic manner, and to establish the interactions between the problem and other disciplines A15
A16
A20
A24
B1
B5
B6
B7
C1
C2
C7
The student will learn to recognize crystalline matter, to analyze its structure, and to describe its internal symmetry A1
A3
A6
B1
B3
B4
C1
C2
The student will become familiar with the international standard terminology both in crystallography and mineralogy studies A1
A3
A16
B1
B4
B7
C1
C2
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