Earth Science 492: Crustal Materials Class Notes

Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
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• Composition of the Earth
  • How to Identify Rocks and Minerals
• Symmetry
• Symmetry around a Point
• One-Dimensional Symmetry
• Symmetry in the Plane 
• The 14 Bravais Lattices
• Three-Dimensional Point Symmetry
• The 32 Crystallographic Point Groups
• Optional: The 230 Three-Dimensional Space Groups
• Crystals and Unit Cells
• Atomic Structure
  • Atomic Structure and Density
  • Pauling's Rules
  • Coordination
  • Unusual Coordination Structures
  • Close-Packed Structures
  • Symmetrically Packed Structures
  • What Do Atoms Really "Look Like?"
• Important Atomic Structures in Minerals
• Ice Structure
• Natural Gas Hydrates
• Halite Structure
• Fluorite Structure
• Diamond Structure
• Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite
• Pyrite Structure
• Spinel Structure
• Rutile Structure
• Perovskite Structure
• Calcite Structure
• Goethite-Diaspore Structure
• Lepidocrocite-Boehmite Structure
• Silicate Structures
  • Nesosilicates and Sorosilicates
    • Olivine
    • Garnet
    • Andalusite
    • Kyanite
    • Sillimanite
    • Sphene
    • Topaz
    • Zircon
    • Staurolite
    • Epidote
  • Cyclosilicates
    • Benitoite and Wadeite (3-membered rings)
    • Beryl and Cordierite
    • Tourmaline
  • Inosilicates
  • Phyllosilicates
  • Tectosilicates
    • Quartz
    • Silica Polymorphs
    • Feldspar
    • Scapolite
• The Stereographic Projection
• Crystals and Light
• Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin Section
• Identification Charts for Minerals in Thin Section
• Classification of Igneous Rocks
• Norms
• Variation Diagrams
• Igneous Phase Diagrams
• Metamorphic Phase Diagrams
• Schreinemaker Analysis
• Metamorphic Rocks
  • Low-Temperature (Zeolite) Facies
  • Contact (Hornfels) Facies
  • Low-Pressure (Abukuma) Facies
  • "Normal" Moderate-Pressure (Barrovian) Facies
  • Barrovian Metamorphism of Carbonate Rocks
  • Granulite Facies
  • Blueschist Facies

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