COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEMOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5073 GEMOLOGY ELECTIVE 1 2 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OSMAN ERSIN KORALAY

Offered to

Economic Geology
Economic Geology

Course Objective

Is presantation of gemology, areas of interest, relationship with other branches of science, crystallographic, physical and optical properties and to practical identify and discuss with aid of application.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to classify the gemstones (nature, synthetic and imitation gems) (Synthesis)
2   Able to identify the gemstones by using their crystallographic, physical and optical properties (Comprehension)
3   Able to interpret how to distinguish nature, synthetic and imitation gems each other (Knowledge)
4   Able to explain visual characteristics (luster, light transmission, color) of gems with reasons (Comprehension)
5   Able to demonstrate the usage of the gemstones according to their properties (Application)
6   Able to explain where-how gemstones occur and where can be found. (Comprehension)
7   Able to explain which and how instruments can be use for their determination. (Comprehension)
8   Able to explain how to grade diamond (Comprehension)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to gemology. Classification of gems (nature, synthetic and imitation gems). Origin and occurrence of gems.
2 Crystallographic properties of minerals, Crystal symmetry and symmetry elements, Crystal and mineral chemistry, Crystallization and crystal growth.
3 Crystallography-mineralogy. Laboratory study related to the topic.
4 Physical properties of the gem materials. Laboratory study related to the topic.
5 Gem properties and instruments for their determination (Observation with hand lens, microscope, the polariscope, refractive index and the refractometer, dispersion, refractive indices of anisotropic gems, pleochroism, fluorescence, filtering of color, the spectroscope and X-ray diffraction). Laboratory study related to the topic.
6 Visual characteristics of gems (luster, light transmission, color). Laboratory study related to the topic.
7 Descriptive gemology and mineral classification. Laboratory study related to the topic.
8 Descriptive gemology and mineral classification (silicates-I). Laboratory study related to the topic.
9 Descriptive gemology and mineral classification (silicates-II). Laboratory study related to the topic.
10 Organic gems materials (amber, coral, ivory, jet (gagat), pearl, shell, tortoise shell etc.). Laboratory study related to the topic.
11 Synthetic gem materials and other gem materials. Synthetic production methods of gemstones
12 Imitation, assembled gems (glass, plastics, diamond stimulants, assembled gems)
13 Homework/Project presentations
14 Midterm

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook (s):
1. Hurlbut, C.S.Jr. and Kammerling, R.C., 1991, Gemology, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA, 336 s.
2. Read, P.G., 1999, Gemology, Second Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 326 s.

Supplementary Book(s):
1. Comelius, S. and Hurlbut, J.R, 1971, Dana's Manual of Mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 579 p.
2. Cornelis, K., Cornelius, S. and Hurlbut, J.R, (1993), Manual of Mineralogy (after James D. Dana), 1971, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 18 th Ed., New York, 681 pp.
3. Klein, C. ve Hurlbut,Jr. C.S. Manual of Mineralogy, 1993, John Wiley And Sons. New York
4. Yeniyol, M., 2004, Mineraloji, Istanbul Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Jeoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü, Dilek Ofset Matbaası, Istanbul, 324 sayfa
5. Webster, R, 1990, Gems, Their Sources, Descriptions and Identification: Fourth Edition (revised by B.W. Anderson), Butterworths, London, 1006 s.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Visual and audible interactive lecture. Valuation of interactively contributing students. Laboratuar work parallel to theoric knowledge.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE + PRJ/2 * 0.50 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE + PRJ/2 * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

MID TERM EXAM(%25) : LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6, LO7
Homework/Project (%25) : LO4, LO5, LO6,
FINAL (%50) : LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6, LO7, LO8

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendence to lectures and laboratories will be considered

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Yard. Doç. Dr. Ibrahim GÜNDOĞAN, : zemin kat Z63 nolu oda (Tel: 0232 3017327), e-posta: ibrahim.gundogan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday: 15:30-16:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 1 12
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Midterm 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 163

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155355444
LO.243554442
LO.34543435
LO.42442223
LO.5121243353
LO.632334535
LO.714415142
LO.8222421

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