3

Labor Day

5

Point groups/crystal systems

7

Crystal forms/Miller indices/Bravais Lattices

Homework 3 questions and Adobe photoshop exercise due 9.12.07

Homework: Closest Packing exercise due today

Symmetry Part 1

Homework: Symmetry part 2 due 9.17.07

10

Native elements/phase diagrams (I)

Homework: Synthetic gems due 9.14.07

12

Carbonates/phase diagrams (II)

Homework 3 and Adobe photoshop exercise due today

homework 4: just a recommended question that is not due but good review

14

Color in minerals

Homework: Synthetic gems due today

homework 5: just recommended questions, not due but good review

Phase diagram exercises: solid solution and eutectic

17

Cathodoluminescence

Summary of CL scenario due 9.21.07

Homework: Symmetry part 2 due today

19

Exam 1 (crystal chemistry, symmetry, pase diagrams)

Review sheet for Exam 1

21

Intro to optics/properties of light

Intro to optics syststem and digital imaging system and the CrystalDraw

24

Refraction/isotropic minerals

Homework: Fundamental relationships of optics and homework 6 questions due 9.28.07

26

Anisotropic minerals/interference phenomena

28

Mineral commodities worksheet

Homework: Fundamental relationships of optics and homework #6 questions due today

Optics intro/isotropic minerals