COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
NBG 5025 INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MURAT HATIPOĞLU

Offered to

NATURAL BUILDING STONES AND GEMSTONES

Course Objective

Industrial minerals are the workhorses of our world and daily life. Without them life as we know it today would quite simply stop. Broadly defined, they include all those materials that man takes out of the earth s crust except for fuels, metallic ores, water, and gemstones.
In general, each chapter deals with a given mineral or rock and contains information on physical and chemical properties and their industrial significance as well as the most common geological habitats and genesis.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to classify industrial minerals and rocks.
2   Ability to understand industrially by their characteristics.
3   Ability to distinguish industrial minerals and rocks.
4   Ability relate industrial minerals and rocks by geological and mineralogical parameters and economical values.
5   Ability to identify industrial minerals and rocks by analysis methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Fundamental Factors
2 Classification
3 Classification
4 The Industrial Rocks Igneous Rocks Metamorphic Rocks Sedimentary Rocks
5 The Industrial Rocks Igneous Rocks Metamorphic Rocks Sedimentary Rocks
6 Uses of Industrial Rocks
7 Mid term exam
8 The Industrial Minerals (WEEK 8-11) Igneous Minerals Vein ve Replacement Minerals Metamorphic Minerals Sedimentary Minerals
9 The Industrial Minerals (WEEK 8-11) Igneous Minerals Vein ve Replacement Minerals Metamorphic Minerals Sedimentary Minerals
10 The Industrial Minerals (WEEK 8-11) Igneous Minerals Vein ve Replacement Minerals Metamorphic Minerals Sedimentary Minerals
11 The Industrial Minerals (WEEK 8-11) Igneous Minerals Vein ve Replacement Minerals Metamorphic Minerals Sedimentary Minerals
12 Uses of Industrial Minerals
13 Uses of Industrial Minerals
14 Homework Submission

Recomended or Required Reading

Ana Kaynak:
- Carr, D.D. (Senior Editor), 1994, Industrial minerals and rocks. Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Inc., Littleton, Colorado, 6 th Edition, 1196 p.

Referanslar:
- Harben, P.W. and Kuzvart, M., 1996, Industrial Minerals: A Global Geology. Industrial Minerals Information Ltd., Park Place, 3 Park Terrace, Worcester Park, Surrey KT4 7HY in 1997, 462 p.
- Bates, R.L., 1969, Geology of the industrial rocks and minerals. Dover Publications,Inc., New York, 459 p.
- Evans, A.M., 1993, Ore geology and industrial minerals: An introduction. Blackwell Science, 389 p.
- Önem, Y., 1997, Sanayi madenleri. Kozan Ofset Matbaacılık San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti., Ankara, 268 s.
- Kuşcu, M., 2001, Endüstriyel kayaçlar ve mineraller. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Yayın No: 10, Isparta, 381 s.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical course

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

cahit.helvaci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.154332144
LO.2455242154
LO.3554245131
LO.433433212425
LO.5

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