Laboratory practical |
They will be dedicated to the study of the crystallization process, analyzing three aspects:
(1) Crystallization in nature: mineral recognition
(2) Optical microscopy with polarized light.
(3) Crystal growth from solutions and silica gels in the laboratory. |
Lecturing |
First, the basic principles of crystallization are analyzed from a geological and thermodynamic point of view. Further, we introduce to the student the fundamentals of isotope geochemistry.
Next themes are devoted to the structural characterization of crystals, analyzing the concepts of periodicity and symmetry in 2D and 3D crystalline lattices.
Finally we introduce the principles and practical aspects of diffraction techniques applied to the estructural analysis |