Petrologic Mineralogy
Geol 4002.1

Tentative Syllabus
TBA - suggested time T-Th 4:30-6pm


Instructor: Dr. Barb Dutrow
Room 203, Howe-Russell Building  (Old Geology)
Office hours: 2:30-3:30 W  or by appointment
Home Page: http://www.geol.lsu.edu/dutrow
E-mail: dutrow@lsu.edu

Reading Materials:
                Useful for Review: 
                     Mineralogy textbook
                        e.g. Klein & Dutrow (K-D), Manual of Mineral Sciences, 23rd Edition, J. Wiley & Sons
                     Petrology textbook
                         e.g. Winter,  J. Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
                Advances topics: Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry (RiM, RiMG) series, Mineralogical Society of America
                                           (become a member and receive a 20% discount. www.minsocam.org
                                           Zircon: RiM&G v. 53 ($36 for non-members; $27 members)
                                               

Supplies: Three-ring binder for handouts, notes

Additional information: Cell phones should be turned off and stored during lecture. No texting.

Grading: Based on a combination of lecture tests, assignments, homework, quizzes, presentations, attendance and
                participation in class. Final exam is comprehensive.
                Weighing: 50% lecture tests; 30% homework; 10% presentations; 10% assignments, attendance, etc.


Date
                                                   Topic
 Reading, Assignments
To be completed prior to class



Aug
25
 Introduction - Class overview

Minerals as indicators - identification
Objectives, Projects
 Review your Mineralogy:
Crystallography, Crystal Chemistry,
Structures, Coordination
Aug
27
 Review: Basics of Crystallography, Crystal Systems, Coordination,
Pauling's Rules, Crystal Chemistry, Solid Solution

Visualizing Mineral Structures
 K&D: Chapters 3 - 6, portions as needed
Sept
1
 Knowledge Survey

Assignment: Plotting, Stoichiometric calculations
 Compositional Space
Plotting on triangular diagrams
Calculating mineral formulae
Sept
3
 Analytical Methods in Mineral Chemical Determination and Imaging: Optical, SEM,  BSE, CL, EMPA Geochemical Instrumentation and Imaging pages from SERC
8
 Minerals as geochronometers: radiogenic dating
Introduction to geochronology, Rb/Sr, Sm/Nd,
 		Isotope Geology text

Homework due
10
 Geochronometers con't. - U/Pb
 (LA-ICP-MS, SIMS-SHRIMP, TIMS)

Homework - calculating ages
 RiM v. 53: Zircon, ch. 1, 2

Geochemical Instrumentation and Imaging pages from SERC
15
 Radiogenic: zircon, RiMG v. 48: Monazite selected reading
        ch. 4, 7, 14

   RiM v. 5: Titanite
17
 Radiogeneic:  monazite, titanite

   
Geochron homework due
22
 Radiogenic: garnets

Homework - Space Groups

 Garnets:  K-D p. 487-490
   RiM v. 5, ch. 2
24
 Case Studies of radiogeneic dating

Problem set review, optical overview
29
 Minerals as geochronometers - thermo Ar/Ar: 
      Reliability of ArAr dates

Thermochronometers: Feldspars: ksp
 Homework - Space Groups due


fsp: K-D p.   446-450, 505-510,
Oct. 1
  Fall Holiday
6
 Thermochronometers: Micas, Amphiboles,
amphiboles: K-D p. 446-450, 505-510
RiMG v. 67, ch. 1

micas, K-D p. 456-467, 519-533
8
 Minerals as pressure-temperature indicators
     Introduction to thermodynamics: Free energy, entropy, enthalpy
 
 Mineral Stability;
    P-T, G-X, T-X diagrams
13
     Introduction to thermodynamics: continued 		Calculating P-T
Miscibility Gaps, Exsolution
      K-D p. 276-281
15
 More thermodynamics
KDs
20
 Lab: Project; GSA Annual Meeting
22
 Mid-term Exam
27
 More thermodynamics

Effect of solid solution on mineral stabilities:  PT determinations,
GASP, garnet biotite
 D. Waters: Mineral thermobarometry
29
Effect of solid solution on mineral stabilities: Activity models: ideal, non-ideal, fugacity 		D. Waters: Energy of mixing
D. Waters: Ideal mixing , non-ideal
Nov. 3
 P-T indicators -
Single mineral thermobarometers: Saturation surfaces

Ti-in-biotite; Ti-in-zircon, Zr-in-rutile		 Rutile
Ti in Biotite

Watson et al. (2006)
5
Single mineral thermobarometers: Ti-in-biotite; Ti-in-zircon, Zr-in-rutile
 Zircon: RiMG v. 53, ch. 4
Biotite: Henry et al. link for program
Henry et al. (2005) Am.Min. 90:316-328
Rutile: Spear et al. (2006)
10
 P-T indicators - Plagioclase-Amphibole, Pyroxenes: Cpx-Opx Pyroxenes: K-D p. 446-450, 505-510
   RiM v. 7, ch 2
12
 Multiequilibria approach
17
 Minerals as provenance indicators Armstrong et al. (2009)
19
 Provenance: Tourmaline, Amphiboles, pyroxene, garnets Henry and Dutrow (1992) (1996)
Hawthorne and Henry (1999)
24
 Provenance: Oxides, zircon, rutile
26
  Thanksgiving Holiday

Dec 1
 Project presentations
3
 Project presentations
Fri, Dec 11
5:30-7:30pm
Final Exam


Useful Links:

Prof. Dave Waters Instructional Pages
    Practical Aspects of Mineral Thermobarometry