GEOS 250 - Introduction to Mineralogy

Credits: 4 Total Hours: 90

Minerals comprise rocks, provide natural resources and determine water-rock intera ctions for natural geochemical cycles. This course introduces basic methods for studying minerals to understand reactions, stability and behaviour in nature. Classification is by density, hardness, refractive index, colour, luster, and radioactivity. Additional topics are sulfides, oxides, halides, silicates and gems.

Prerequisites
One of:

C in Chemistry 12
C in Camosun Alternative

Or one of:

C in GEOS 100
C in GEOS 110

Pre or Co-requisites
All of:

CHEM 120