Earth and Space Sciences 51B - Optical Mineralogy-Petrography

Institution:

University of California-Los Angeles

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Description:

Lecture, three hours; laboratory, six hours. Preparation: one introductory high school or college physics course. Enforced requisite: course 51A. Principles of optical crystallography. Utilization of optical properties to identify nonopaque minerals in immersion media and in thin section. Study of common igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks in thin section. P/NP or letter grading.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ucla.edu/

Phone Number:

(310) 825-4321

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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