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GEO 3500 - Minerals and Rocks


4 credits

Introduction to minerals and the principles of crystallography, focusing on rock-forming and ore minerals. Provides overview of petrology and introduction to igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, including X-ray and optical identification techniques. Three lectures and one three-hour lab per week.

Prerequisite/Restriction: GEO 1110 .

Corequisite: CHEM 1210 .

Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring