CE30540 - Petrology/Earth Materials

ASSIGNMENTS - RESOURCES WEB SITE

SPRING 2021

OPTICAL MINERALOGY REVIEW - LECTURE 1

OPTICAL MINERALOGY REVIEW - LECTURE 2

OPTICAL MINERALOGY REVIEW - LECTURE 3

LINKS TO VIRTUAL PETROGRAPHIC MICROSCOPES: Virtual Microscope Collections

 

COMMON ROCK-FORMING MINERALS:

Amphibole, Andalusite, Anthophyllite, Apatite, Calcite, Chlorite

Clinopyroxene, Clinozoisite, Cordierite, Garnet, Mica, Microcline, Nepheline, Olivine, Orthoclase

Orthopyroxene, Plagioclase, Quartz, Rutile, Sillimanite, Titanite (Sphene), Spinel, Staurolite, Zircon

Assignment #1 - Specimens

Samples: #1, #4, #6, #9, #24, #26, #27, #52, #171, #295, #394, #395, #451, #471, #523, #555, #556, #998, #999

Assignment #2 - Specimens

Samples: #171, #394, #559, #904, #1465, #2413

Thin sections: #212-a (PPL), #212-a (XPL), #212-b (PPL), #212-b (XPL), #212-c (PPL), #212-c (XPL), #212-d (PPL), #212-d (XPL), #212-e (PPL), #212-e (XPL)

#904-a (PPL), #904-a (XPL), #904-b (PPL), #904-b (XPL)

#1624-a (PPL), #1624-a (XPL), #1624-b (PPL), #1624-b (XPL), #1624-c (PPL), #1624-c (XPL), #1624-d (PPL), #1624-d (XPL), #1624-e (PPL), #1624-e (XPL), #1624-f (PPL), #1624-f (XPL), #1624-g (PPL), #1624-g (XPL)

Sample 127: 127, 127-a PPL, 127-a XPL, 127-b

Sample 134: 134, 134-a-PPL, 134-a-XPL

Sample 135: 135, 135-a-PPL, 135-a-XPL, 135-b, 135-b-PPL, 135-b-XPL 

Sample 280: 280-a-PPL, 280-a-XPL, 280-b-PPL, 280-b-XPL, 280-c-PPL, 280-c-XPL, 280-e-PPL, 280-e-XPL, 280-f-PPL, 280-f-XPL, 280-h-PPL, 280-h-XPL 

Assignment #3 - Specimens

Sample 1148: 1148a, 1148b, 1148a-PPL, 1148a-XPL 

Sample 1686: 1686a, 1686a-PPL, 1686a-XPL, 1686b-PPL, 1686b-XPL, 1686c-PPL, 1686c-XPL, 1686d-PPL, 1686d-XPL

Sample 1688: 1688a, 1688a-PPL, 1688a-XPL, 1688b, 1688b-PPL, 1688b-XPL

Sample 1689: 1689a, 1689a-PPL, 1689a-XPL, 1689b, 1689b-PPL, 1689b-XPL

Sample 3333: 3333, 3333a-PPL, 3333a-XPL, 3333b-PPL, 3333b-XPL, 3333c-PPL, 3333c-XPL, 3333d-PPL, 3333d-XPL, 3333e-PPL, 3333e-XPL

 Assignment #4 - Specimens

Samples: F20, F22, F26, F28, F34a, F84, F106

Assignment #5 - Specimens

Samples: AL-102a, AL-102b, AL-102c, AL-102d, AL-102e, AL-102f, AL-102g

KBHa, KBHb, KBHc, KBHd, KBHe

NK1-23a, NK1-23b, NK1-23c, NK1-23_ppl, NK1-23_xpl

NK3-1a, NK3-1b, NK3-1c, NK3-1d, NK3-1e

NK3-4a, NK3-4b, NK3-4c, NK3-4d, NK3-4_ppl, NK3-4_xpl

PHN4009_ppl, PHN4009_xpl 

PHN4016_ppl, PHN4016_xpl 

Assignment #6 - Lever Rule

Assignment #7 - Specimens

Samples: M8243, M8269, M8306, M8326, M8328, M8201, SL8312, SL8324, SL8340

Assignment #8 - Specimens

Samples: 1529, 1533, 1534, 1540, 1541, 1542