INSTRUCTORS
Lectures: | A. Godelitsas, Prof. P. Voudouris, Prof. D. Kostopoulos, Assoc. Prof. |
Lab. Training: | A. Godelitsas, Prof. P. Voudouris, Prof. D. Kostopoulos, Assoc. Prof. |
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COURSE KEY ELEMENTS
LEVEL / SEMESTER: | EQF level 6; NQF of Greece level 6 / 3rd |
TYPE: | Specific background, Specialization of General Knowledge and Skills development |
TEACHING ACTIVITIES - HOURS/WEEK - ECTS: | Lectures, Practical exercises, Fieldwork
2 hours of lecturing,
2 hours of practical exercises per week,
4 ECTS credit |
Prerequisites: | Recommended: - Y1205 - Mineralogy-Crystallography
- Y2202 - Systematic Mineralogy - Mineral Identification
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Language of instruction and Assessment: | Greek (V.S.1 English) |
Availability to Erasmus+ Students: | YES in English |
COURSE CONTENT:
Lectures
Nucleation and crystal growth of minerals; growth of mineral crystals from magma/melt cooling & hydrothermal fluids (igneous minerals), effect of pressure (metamorphic minerals & deep minerals), sedimentary minerals; Silicates (olivine, SiO2-polymorphs, feldspars, pyroxenes, amphiboles, phyllosilicates) and carbonate minerals (calcite, aragonite, dolomite); Crystal structure, defects-color, solid-solutions, isomorphism, polymorphism, allotropy, polytypism; epitaxy, topotaxy, exsolution, phase diagrams; study of rock-forming minerals by microscopic techniques (optical microscopy & petrographic microscope, SEM, TEM, AFM); basic principles of instrumental characterization & analyses of rock-forming minerals (X-rays, e-, p+, Laser, MS, ion-beams).
LEARNING ACTIVITIES - TEACHING METHODS:
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES:
| Activity | Student’s effort |
| Lectures | 26 hours |
| Laboratory work and exercises | 26 hours |
| Unguided Study | 20 hours |
| Preparation for final Assessment | 28 hours |
| Total student effort | 100 hours |
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
The assessment process is conducted in Greek (there is the possibility of examination in English for Erasmus students). The final grade of the course is formed by a series of tests that include:
Ι. Exams on the theoretical part
- Written or Oral Exams (60% of the final grade)
ΙΙ. Laboratory Exams (40% of the final grade).
RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Suggested Bibliography:
- BROWN D.I.: The Chemical Bond in Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford Univ. Press 2006.
- DYAR M.D. et al.: Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy, MSA, Chantilly 2008.
- ECHLIN P.: Handbook of Sample Preparation for Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray Microanalysis, Springer 2009.
- EGERTON R.F.: Physical Principles of Electron Microscopy: An Introduction to SEM, TEM and AEM, Springer 2005.
- FENTER P. et al. (Eds.): Applications of Synchrotron Radiation in Low-Temperature Geochemistry and Environmental Science, MSA Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry Vol. 49, 2002.
- GAINES R.V. et al.: Dana’s New Mineralogy, J.Wiley & Sons Inc. 1997.
- GRIBBLE C.D. and HALL A.J.: Optical Mineralogy, UCL Press 1992.
- HENDERSON G. and BAKER D. (Eds.): Synchrotron Radiation: Earth, Environmental and Material Sciences Applications, Min. Assoc. Canada Short-Course Vol. 30, 2002.
- KLEIN C. and HURLBUT C.S.Jr.: Manual of Mineralogy (after J.D. Dana), J.Wiley & Sons, revised 21st Edition 1999.
- LIEBAU F.: Structural Chemistry of Silicates, Springer-Verlag 1985.
- MÜLLER U.: Inorganic Structural Chemistry, J. Wiley & Sons 2006.
- NESSE W.D.: Introduction to Mineralogy, Oxford Univ. Press 2000.
- PUTNIS A.: Introduction to Mineral Sciences, Cambridge Univ. Press 1992.
- REED S.J.B.: Electron Microprobe Analysis and Scanning Electron Microscopy in Geology, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2nd Ed. 2005.
- ROLLINSON H: Using Geochemical Data, Cambridge University Press; 2nd edition, 2021.
- SUNAGAWA I.: Crystals: Growth, Morphology and Perfection, Cambridge Univ. Press 2005.
- YODER C.H.: Ionic Compounds: Applications of Chemistry to Mineralogy, Wiley-Interscience 2006.
- ZUSSMAN J et al. (Eds.): Introduction to the Rock-Forming Minerals, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland; 3rd ed. edition, 2013.
1 V.S.: Visitor Students (e.g. ERASMUS)