BGYCL-134 Crystallography, Mineralogy and Economic Geology: Laboratory

About the Course

The course titled ‘Crystallography, Mineralogy and Economic Geology: Laboratory’ (BGYCL-134) is a laboratory oriented course integrated to the theoretical aspects dealt in the ‘Crystallography, Mineralogy and Economic Geology’ (BGYCT-133) of the B.Sc. (General) Programme.

The experiments in this course include activities that can be done in Geology laboratories. All the experiments have one or more activities that need to be written in your practical notebook and reported to the academic counsellor after completion. The course worth 2 credits comprises 11 Experiments. After performing these experiments, you will gain practical skills for observing, recording and solving various aspects related to crystallography, mineralogy and economic geology.

The first three experiments are based on Block 1 of BGYCT-133 course and are related to the study of symmetry elements of normal class of the seven crystal systems. Next two experiments are based on Block 2 of BGYCT-133 course and deals with the activities such as identification of physical properties of common rock-forming minerals. Next three experiments are based on Block 3 of BGYCT-133 course and deals with the activities such as identification of optical properties of common rock-forming minerals. Next two experiments are based on Block 4 of BGYCT-133 course and are related to economic geology in which you will learn identification of economic minerals in hand specimen and prepare maps showing metallic and nonmetallic deposits, and coal and oilfields in India.