Learning objectives
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The course is aimed to provide<br />
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(i) fundamentals optical microscope techniques<br />
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(ii) a sound knowledge of texture, mineralogy and classification of igneous rocks based on optical microscope observations
Prerequisites
The Mineralogy course must have been attended
Course unit content
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General features and types of igneous microstructures <br />
Crystallization order <br />
Introduction to kinetics of crystallization and origin of igneous structures <br />
Zoned minerals <br />
Mineral intergrowths (myrmechites, symplectites, granopyric intergrowthsm subsolidu exsolution into feldspars and pyroxenes, overgroths and mineral replacements, mineral alterations) <br />
IUGS field and microscopic classification of igneous rocks <br />
Petrography, mineralogy and microstructures of intrusive rocks <br />
Charnockites <br />
Granites and mafic enclave, syenites, monzonites, monzodiorites, monzogabbros <br />
Diorites, gabbros, anortosites <br />
Feldspatoid-bearing intrusive rocks <br />
Rocce ultramafiche <br />
Mafic layered intrusions and cumulitic structures <br />
Optical microscope examination of intrusive rocks <br />
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Full programme
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Bibliography
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- Lecture notes provided by the teacher<br />
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<strong>References</strong><br />
W.A. Deer et al., An Introduction to the Rock-forming Minerals, Longman Higher Education (1992)<br />
W. S. MacKenzie, C. Guilford, Atlante dei minerali costituenti le rocce in sezione sottile, Zanichelli<br />
W. S. MacKenzie, C. H. Donaldson, C. Guilford, Atlante delle rocce magmatiche e delle loro tessiture, Zanichelli<br />
D. Shelley, Igneous and metamorphic rocks under the microscope, Chapman & Hall (1993)
Teaching methods
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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