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Lecturer(s)
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Kropáč Kamil, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Lehotský Tomáš, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Kapusta Jaroslav, Mgr.
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Course content
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Essentials of mineralogy and petrography. Geology and its position in the system of sciences. Essentials of morphological crystalography. Elements of symmetry, operations of symmetry. Crystalo systems, features of their holoedric classes, crystal forms. Structural chemical crystallography. Physical properties of minerals - colour, lustre, cleavage, density, forms of aggregates. Systematic mineralogy. Elements, sulphides, halogenides, oxides and hydroxides, carbonates, borates, sulphates, phosphates, organolits. The silicate system. Important representatives of individual classes and their characterisation. Essentials of petrography. Major, minor, and accessory minerals. Rock-forming minerals, rock-forming fossils. Genetic classification of rocks. Petrography of igneous rocks, their genesis and prominent representatives. Petrography of sedimentary rocks, their genesis and prominent representatives. Petrography metamorphosed rocks, their genesis and prominent representatives. Distribution of basic rock types in the Czech Republic and their economic importance.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture
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Learning outcomes
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Essentials of mineralogy and petrography.
The students should be able to - define geology and its position in the system of sciences. - explain the essentials of mineralogy and petrography, including essentials of crystalography. - describe physical properties of minerals - explain the principles of mineral classification and describe the principal representatives of all mineral groups - describe essential rock-forming and accessory minerals, rock-forming fossils. - explain the genetic classification of rocks and describe petrography, genesis, and prominent representatives of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. - describe the distribution of basic rock types in the Czech Republic and their explain their economic importance.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
Credit: check of theoretical knowledge of principal determinative properties of minerals and rocks. Involves practical recognition of mineral samples.
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Recommended literature
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Hejtman, B. (1981). Petrografie. SNTL Praha.
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Hovorka, D. - Suk, M. (1985). Geochémia a genéza eruptívnych a metamorfovaných hornín. Univerzita Komenského Bratislava.
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Janoška, M. (1999). Geologie pro učitele. UP Olomouc.
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Krist, E. - Krivý, M. (1985). Petrológia. ALFA, Bratislava.
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Kukal, Z. (1986). Základy sedimentologie. Academia Praha.
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Slavík, F. - Novák, J. - Kokta, J. (1974). Mineralogie. Praha.
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Wilson, M. (1989). Igneous petrogenesis. Harper Collins Academic, London.
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Zimák, J. (1998). Mineralogie a petrografie. Vyd. UP Olomouc.
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