These galleries contain images of the hand samples studied in the mineral labs, presented with their chemical formulas. Each gallery corresponds to both a lab exercise and a set of lecture notes (given below).
Image Galleries
| IMAGE GALLERies |
MINERAL GROUPS |
LABs |
LECTUREs |
| Gallery 1 |
Native Elements, Sulfides and Oxides. |
8: Minerals 1 |
Lec 9: Earth's Element Inventory - Metals and Sulfides |
| Gallery 2 |
Neso Silicates, Sorosilicates and Cyclosilicates. |
9: Minerals 2 |
Lec 10: High P Mantle Mineralogy |
| Gallery 3 |
Single Chain Ino-Silicates (Pyroxenes), Double Chain Ino-Silicates (Amphiboles), Phyllosilicates and Tectosilicates. |
10: Minerals 3 |
Lec 11: Pyriboles; Lec 12: Feldspar, Quartz |
| Gallery 4 |
Halides, Sulfates, Borates, Phosphates and Carbonates. |
11: Minerals 4 |
Lec 13: Carbonates, Sulfates, etc. |