Mineralogy Lecture Notes Online

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Physical Properties Checklist

Crystallography

Crystals are Patterns
Miller Indices

Crystal Classes

Stereographic Projections

Optical Mineralogy

Electromagnetic Waves, Snell's Law
Becke Lines, Dispersion
Double Refraction, Polarized Light
Retardation, Interference Colors
Interference Color Chart
Uniaxial Minerals
Refractive Index Measurement
Biaxial Minerals
Excalibur Instructioins

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction
X-ray Diffraction by Powders
Periclase Structure
Plane Patterns

Crystal Chemistry

Atoms, Bonding
Pauling's Rules
Close-Packed Layers
Closest-Packed Structures
 

Minerals

Sillicate Minerals
Silica Polymorphs
Feldspars
Micas
Calculating Mineral Formulas

Composition Axes
Triangular Graph Paper

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