GEOL 2080 - Mineralogy and Petrography Laboratory

2 Credits (6 Contact Hours)

Identification of rock-forming minerals and important ore minerals based on their physical and optical properties. Hand specimen petrology and petrography of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Study of minerals in thin section using polarizing microscope. Credit toward a degree will be given for only one of GEOL 2070 or 2080. Preq or concurrent enrollment: GEOL 2050.