Petrology of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks - GLY 4310C

Spring Term, 2019

Final Exan statistics are posted - best exam this semester

Lab Final Exam - Statistics are posted. Final grades have been posted to the server, and should be available on Thursday. Lab exams may be picked up at my office by May 10th, or in the Fall of 2019.

 

Course Administration

Homework

Exams

Pop-Quiz

  1. Pop-Quiz 1 Key - 04/04/19 Class average: 0.8/2.0
  2. Pop-Quiz 2 Key - 04/09/19 Class average: 0.9/2.0
  3. Pop-Quiz 3 Key - 04/11/19 Class average: 1.2/2.0
  4. Pop-Quiz 4 Key - 04/16/19 Class average: 1.1/2.0
  5. Pop-Quiz 1 Key - 04/18/19 Class average: 0.8/2.0   Average total points earned = 4.4/10   Exam average is now 74.1% (Midterms 1 + 2+ EC)

Laboratory

Laboratory Schedule -

           Tuesday section

Laboratory Keys or Averages

Lab 1 Key - Class average: 17.1/20

Lab 2 Key - Class average 19.2/20

Lab 3 Key - Class average: 19.3/20

Lab Midterm 1 Key - Class average: 26.5 (88.2%) - Good!

Lab 4 - Class average: 19.2/20

Lab 5 - Class average: 18.2/20

Lab 6 - Class average: 18.8/20

Lab 7 - Class average: 19.9/20

Lab 8 - Class average: 19.6/20

Lab Midterm 2 Key - Class average: 32.8/50 (65.6%) - Both Hand Specimen and Thin Section work need improvement

Lab 9 - Class average: 19.4/20

Lab 10 - Class average: 19.6/20

Lab 11 - Class average: 19.7/20

Lab 12 - Class average: 19.8/20

Lab Final Key - Class average: 74.4%

 

Laboratory Hand Outs - May be downloaded and printed for use in lab (these are PDF files)

Lab 1 - Description

Lab 1 - Hand specimen

Lab 1 - Answer Form  One copy will be provided in lab

Lab 2 - Description

Lab 2 - Hand specimen

Lab 2 - Answer form   One copy will be provided in lab

Lab 3 - Description

Lab 3 - Hand specimen

Lab 3 - Answer form   One copy will be provided in lab

Lab 4 - Description

Lab 4 - Specimen characteristics

Lab 5 - Description

Lab 5 - Specimen characteristics

Lab 6 - Description

Lab 6 - Specimen characteristics

Lab 7 - Description

Lab 7 - Specimen characteristics

Lab 8 - Description

Lab 8 - Specimen characteristics

Lab 9 - Description

Lab 9 - Specimen characteristics

Lab 10 - Description

Lab 10 - Specimen characteristics

Lab 11 - Description

Lab 11 - Specimen characteristics

Lab 12 - Description

Lab 12 - Specimen characteristics

 

Laboratory PowerPoint Supplements

Mineralogy Laboratory 11 - Twinning, Zoning, and Exsolution

Mineralogy Laboratory 12 - Pleochroism, Interference Colors, and Extinction Angles

Mineralogy Laboratory 13 - Uniaxial Interference Figures

Mineralogy Laboratory 14 - Biaxial Interference Figures

Lab 4 - Basalt, Diabse, Andesite, Dacite

Lab 5 - Rhyolite, Latite, Trachyte, Glassy

Lab_6_-_Tonalite,_Diorite,_Gabbro,_Norite,_and_Anorthosite

Lab 7 - Granite, Alkali Feldspar Granite, Granodiorite, Monzonite, and Quartz

Lab 8 - Syenite, Phonolite, Ijolite, Carbonatite, Ultramafic Rocks and Lamprophyre

Lab 9 - Slate, Phyllite, Greenstone, and Schist

Lab_10_-_Gneiss_and_Eclogite   

Lab_11_-_Marble,_Quartzite,_and_Serpentinite

Lab 12 - Contact and Dynamic Metamorphic Rocks

 

Lecture Presentations

All presentations are PowerPoint files. Please be aware that these presentations DO NOT contain all of the material presented in lecture, and viewing them is in no way a suitable alternative for coming to class.

Lecture Presentations - PowerPoint Files
Presentations on Midterm 1 Presentations on Midterm 2 Presentations on Final Examination
Silicate Minerals
Petrology Lecture 4
Petrology Lecture 9
What is Petrology?
Petrology Lecture 5
Petrology Lecture 10
Petrology Lecture 1
Petrology Lecture 6
Petrology Lecture 11
Petrology Lecture 2
Petrology Lecture 7
Metamorphic Petrology Review
Petrology Lecture 3
Petrology Lecture 8
 

* Presentation is preliminary - more material will be added

Additional Information Sources

Note: Links have not been checked because Link Evaluator is not compatible with current version of web browser. If you find a broken link, please let me know.

Constants

Crystallography

Elements

Glossary

Journals

Magazine

Mineral Data

Mineral Images

Mineral Resources

Mineral Societies

Museums

Optical Mineralogy

Phase Diagrams

Physical Properties

Symmetry

The following links have information and graphics which help to clarify the concepts of symmetry

Quill Pen

Questions or comments? mailto:warburto@fau.edu

Last updated: May 1, 2019