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GEOS-3504: Mineralogy

Description: Principles of modern mineralogy, crystal chemistry, and crystallography, with emphasis on mineral atomic structure and physical property relationships, mineralogy in the context of geology, geochemistry, environmental science and geophysics, phase equilibria, mineral associations, and mineral identification, and industrial applications of minerals. There are three required field trips during the semester.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: CHEM-1035 or CHEM-1055 or (ISC-1116 and ISC-1106)

Required By: CHEM-5525, GEOS-4024

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: MSE-3104

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 46

Average GPA: 2.94 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 17.50%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.72%

Nancy L Ross202327.8%41.4%20.6%6.1%3.2%1.0%2.8326
Frederick M Michel202141.4%47.3%9.2%1.6%0.5%0.0%3.2217
Neil E Johnson20174.2%41.1%39.3%10.7%2.4%2.4%2.383

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