Instructors: Glen S. Mattioli and Fang-zhen Teng
Teaching Assistant: Sara Butler sbbutler@uark.edu
Lecture Text: Xanadu Course Pack – compiled chapters from various mineralogy and petrology texts
Laboratory Text: Various handouts
Class Reading Assignments
Mineralogy
By Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Chapters 2-3 in Xanedu Course Pack (P1) – Corresponds to W.D. Nesse Chapters 2-3, pages 6-56
By Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Chapter 4 in Xanedu Course Pack (P1) – Corresponds to W.D. Nesse Chapter 4, pages 57-73
By Monday, September 21, 2009
Chapter 8 in Xanedu Course Pack (P1) – Corresponds to W.D. Nesse Chapter 8, pages 160-168
By Monday, September 28, 2009
Chapter 9 in Xanedu Course Pack (P1) – Corresponds to W.D. Nesse Chapter 9, pages 169-174
Petrology of Igneous Rocks
By Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Chapter 1 in Xanedu Course Pack (P3) – Corresponds to Philpotts Chapter 1, pages 1-11
Chapters 1-3 in Xanedu Course Pack (P2) – Corresponds to Hyndman Chapters 1-3, pages 3-80
By Monday, October 19, 2009
Chapters 4-5 in Xanedu Course Pack (P2) – Corresponds to Hyndman Chapters 4-5, pages 81-167
Chapter 7 and 10 in Xanedu Course Pack (P3) – Corresponds to Philpotts Chapter 7, pages 103-117 and Chapter 10, pages 148-191
By Monday, October 26, 2009
Chapter 6 in Xanedu Course Pack (P2) – Corresponds to Hyndman Chapter 6, pages 171-240
By Monday, November 2, 2009
Chapter 7 in Xanedu Course Pack (P2) – Corresponds to Hyndman Chapter 7, pages 241-348
Petrology of Metamorphic Rocks
By Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Chapter 10 in Xanedu Course Pack (P2) – Corresponds to Hyndman Chapter 10, pages 425-448
By Monday, November 23, 2009
Chapter 11 in Xanedu Course Pack (P2) – Corresponds to Hyndman Chapter 11, pages 449-486
By Monday, November 30, 2009
Chapter 12 in Xanedu Course Pack (P2) – Corresponds to Hyndman Chapter 12, pages 487-537
Examination Schedule
Partial Exam I is scheduled for Monday, October 5, 2009
Partial Exam II is scheduled for Monday, November 9, 2009
Final Examination is scheduled for Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 12:30 to 2:30PM
**** PLEASE NOTE THAT FINAL EXAM IS COMPREHENSIVE ****
Examination Study Guides
Partial Examination I Study Guide
Partial Examination II Study Guide
2009 Class Lectures
Lectures will be posted and available after they are presented in class
Lecture 1: Basic Concepts: Atoms and Bonding
Lecture 2: Bonding Details, Polymorphs, and Phase Transformations
Lecture 3: Introduction to Symmetry Elements, Plane Lattices, and Crystal Systems
Lecture 4: Crystal Chemistry, Coordination and Pauling’s Rules, Polymorphs
Lecture 5: Substitution, Solid Solutions, and an Introduction to Silicate Mineral Structures
Lecture 6: X-Ray Generation, Bragg’s Law and Diffraction
Lecture 7: Instrumental Analysis Methods for Major and Trace Elements, and Isotopes
Lecture 8: Silicate Mineral Structures I: Feldspars, Olivines, Garnets, and Pyroxenes
Lecture 9: Silicates II: Amphiboles, Micas, and Clays; Carbonates and Oxides
Lecture 10: Introduction to Earth Structure and Energetics
Lecture 11: Analysis and Classification of Igneous Rocks
Lecture 12: Gibbs Phase Rule and Binary Crystal-Melt Phase Diagrams
Lecture 13: Mantle Melting and Basalt Petrogenesis
Lecture 14: Basalts and Magma Differentiation: Assimilation, Frac. Crystallization Processes
Lecture 15: Arc Lavas: Characteristics and Petrogenesis
Lecture 16: Granitoids: Classification and Relationship to Tectonics
Lecture 17: An Introduction to Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
Lecture 18: Metamorphic Protoliths, Textures, and P-T-time paths
Lecture 19: Facies, Terranes, and Grade: Examples; AFC Compatibility Diagrams
Minerals and Rocks Lab Handouts and Assignments
Lab 1: Review of Mineral Properties
Lab 2: Carbonates, Oxides, Hydroxides, and Sulfides
Minerals and Rocks Lab Handouts and Assignments
Homework 1: Crystallography Exercise
Homework 2: Earth Interior Temperatures and Pressures
Homework 3a: CIPW Norm Instructions
Petrology Laboratory Handouts and Assignments
Lab 1: Mineralogy Review and Study Guide
Lab 3: Visual Estimates of Modes, Ig. Rock Classifications, Plotting
Lab 4a: Distinguishing Characteristics of Common Minerals
Lab 4b: Ultramafic Thinsections
Lab 5: Mafic (Basalts) Thinsections
Lab 6: Feldspar Twinning Review
Lab 8: Syenite-Trachyite Thinsections
Lab 9: Monzonite-Latite Thinsections
Lab 10: Extrusive: Granite-Rhyolite Thinsections
Lab 11: Intrusive: Granite-Rhyolite Thinsections
Lab 12: Metamorphic Thinsections – I
Lab 13: Metamorphic Thinsections – II
Thinsection Photomicrograph Archive
Part 1: Thinsection Database (Igneous Rocks 1-20 & Metamorphic Rocks)
Part 2: Thinsection Database (Igneous Rocks 21-43)
External Links and Web Resources for Petrology
Links for Mineralogists, University of Würzburg, Institute of Mineralogy
Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Textures, UNC, Chapel Hill
How to Describe an Igneous Rock Lab, University of Aberdeen
David Hirsch’s Portal for Mineralogy & Petrology Links, Western Washington University
Jeff Ryan’s Rocks Under a Microscope Web Tutorial, University of South Florida
John Longshore’s Photomicrographs of Hard Rocks and Minerals, Humbolt State University
Ken Hon’s Portal to Virtual Mineralogy Resources on the Web, U. Hawaii, Hilo
Mark Ghiorso’s MELTS Home Page, University of Washington
Volcanology Links
World Organization of Volcano Observatories (WOVO)
Montserrat Volcano Observatory