By the end of the course the students will be able to understand
- mineralogy
- crystallography and crystal chemistry
- relationship among mineral's internal structure, physical and optical properties
- common rock forming minerals in terms of their structure, physical and optical properties
- causes and results of compositional variation in common silicate minerals
- physical properties of a mineral from its symmetry content
By the end of the course the students will be capable of
- three-dimensional thinking
- forward and “reverse” thinking
- read a phase diagram