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Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Practicum	60

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Course objectives:
Acquaintance of students with work on a polarizing microscope, recognition of the optical properties of the most common petrogenic minerals and their identification and differentiation in thin sections.

Course content (syllabus):
1) Nature of light, division of minerals according to optical properties, optical indicatrix, polarizing microscope
2) Observation of minerals under orthoscopic conditions without the analyser
3) Observation of minerals under orthoscopic conditions with the analyser
4) Observation of minerals under conoscopic conditions
5) Optical properties of isotropic minerals: garnets and leucite
6) Optical properties of anisotropic uniaxial minerals: quartz, calcite and tourmaline
7) Optical properties of anisotropic biaxial minerals: olivine and serpentine
8) Optical properties of anisotropic biaxial minerals: pyroxenes
9) Optical properties of anisotropic biaxial minerals: amphiboles
10) Optical properties of anisotropic biaxial minerals: mica
11) Optical properties of anisotropic biaxial minerals: alkali feldspar
12) Optical properties of anisotropic biaxial minerals: plagioclase
13) Optical properties of anisotropic biaxial minerals: epidote, zoisite and chlorites
14) Optical properties of anisotropic biaxial minerals: anhydrite and gypsum
15) Optical properties of anisotropic biaxial minerals: andalusite, sillimanite and kyanite

1. Mikrofiziografija petrogenih minerala, Barić, Lj., Tajder, M. (1967): Mikrofiziografija petrogenih minerala, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 235 str., Barić, Lj., Tajder, M., Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1967.
2. Optička mineralogija, Vrkljan, M., Borojević Šoštarić, S., Tomašić, N. (2018): Optička mineralogija, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, 331 str., Vrkljan, M., Borojević Šoštarić, S., Tomašić, N., Sveučilište u Zagrebu, 2018.
3. Introduction to Optical Mineralogy, Nesse, W.D. (1991): Introduction to Optical Mineralogy, Oxford University Press, New York, 335 str., Nesse, W.D., Oxford University Press, New York, 1991.
4. Gesteinsbildende Minerale im Duennschliff, Pichler, H., Schmitt-Riegraf, C. (1987): Gesteinsbildende Minerale im Duennschliff, Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, 230 str., Pichler, H., Schmitt-Riegraf, C., Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, 1987.
5. Kristalna optika, interna skripta, Međimorec, S. (1998): Kristalna optika, interna skripta, PMF, Zagreb, Međimorec, S., PMF, Zagreb, 1998.

Enrollment :
Passed : General mineralogy
Passed : System of Mineralogy

Mandatory course - Regular study - Geology