Week 4 : Description of optical properties of common rock forming minerals
Contents
- Chemical Composition
- System and Indices
- Birefringence "Characteristically parallel,
- Mineral Composition
Course Material
- Week 1: Introduction to polarizing microscope
- Week 2-3 : Optical properties of opaque minerals in plane polarized light and under crossed nicol
- Week 4 : Description of optical properties of common rock forming minerals
- Week 5-6 :Mineralogy and common texture of igneous(Crystallinity, Granularity)
- Week 7-8 : Class and Lab Texture of igneous(Crystal Shape and mutual relationship of crystals)
- Week 9-10: Class and Labs: texture of Sedimentary
- Week 11-12 :Class and Lab : Metamorphic Textures
- Week 13-14 :Lab: Training of JS microvision Software
- Chapters 8
- Department Earth Sciences
- Teacher
Dr. Syed Haroon Ali
