SUBJECT
Title
Practical micromineralogy
Type of instruction
practical
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
3
Recommended in
Semester 3
Typically offered in
Autumn semester
Course description
The role of micromineralogy in geological investigations. Sample preparation methods. Recognition features of heavy minerals. Occurrence of heavy minerals in sedimentary rocks. Heavy minerals in source rocks. Provenance of heavy minerals. Determination of heavy minerals in binocular microscope.
Self supporting work on a given material. Crashing, sieving, separating and heavy mineral determination. Documentation and evaluation.
Readings
- Atlas of Heavy Minerals of Hunan. Geological Memoirs 3/1, Peking, 1982.
- Mange, M. – Maurer, H. F. W. (1992): Heavy Minerals Colour
- Chapman & Hall, London, New York, Tokyo, Melbourne, Madras