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EOSC 321: Laboratory Schedule 2011

Location: EOSC Main Room 201
Lab Times:
Mondays 15.00-18.00 and Thursdays and Fridays 14.00-17.00
Teaching Assistants:
Christine Miller and Yvette Beausoleil (Rm 301)

 

 

Date

Topic

Comments

 

Week 1

     No Lab - Public Holiday

 

 

1

Week 2

     Review of optical properties of igneous   minerals. Ultramafic Rocks

 Thin sections of Reference Mineral Collection to be used throughout the course

 

2

Week 3

 Test on ultramafic rocks.  

 Mafic Plutonic Rocks

 Instructions on determining plagioclase composition

 

3

Week 4

 Test on mafic plutonic rocks.  

 Basalts and other mafic volcanic rocks

 Group homework assignment is due next week. Download Spreadsheet for Norm Calculations

 

4

Week 5

 Intermediate and felsic volcanic rocks. Pyroclastic rocks

 

 

 

Week 6

     No Lab - Public Holiday

 

 

5

Week 7

 Test on intermediate volcanic rocks.  

 Granitoids 

 

 

6

Week 8

     Felsic plutonic rocks

 

 

7

Week 9

 Test on felsic plutonic rocks.  

 Alkaline Rocks

Distribution of samples for Group Lab projects on Tectonic Setting and Igneous Rock Associations

 

 

Week 10

     No Lab - Public Holiday

You can wisely use your Lab time to look at thin sections for the Group project

 

8

Week 11

 Test on alkaline rocks.  

 Kimberlites, lamprophyres and carbonatites

 

 

9

Week 12

 Test on kimberlites.  

 Free time with TA to work on Project thin sections and to prepare for exam

Review all course thin sections with your TA, or work in groups on the project

 

 

Week 13

Lab Exam