<p>Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours. Requisite: course 51. Bonding, interatomic configurations, polymorphic transformations, isotypism, thermal and positional disorder; survey of structures of common minerals, and relation of physical and chemical properties to crystal structure. S/U or letter grading.</p>

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The disciplines of geology, geochemistry, geophysics, paleobiology, and space physics are concerned with the structure and evolution of the solar system, Earth, and life.

General Catalog

Crystal Chemistry and Structure of Minerals

EPSSCI231

4 units