- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Minerals of the famous deposits (semestral part 1) 1300-WSY12Z1O-OG
The lecture presents the most important deposits of the world, where beautiful mineral specimens used to be found, namely deposits of the Ural malachite, uranium minerals in Katanga (Shaba), Brazil diamonds, Yukon phosphates, Carrara marbles, gold in Witwatersrand, Colombian and Brazilian emeralds kaemmererite in Turkey, tourmalines and beryls in Afghanistan, native silver in Kongsberg (Norway), in Germany, in Batopilas (Mexico) and in the US-Canadian border, cinnabar in Almaden and Idria, pyromorphite in Bad Ems, epidote in Untersulzbach, polymetal ores in Pribram, and many others. History of discovery and exploitation, mineral parageneses, famous specimens, and conditions of the mineralisation origin are shown. Each semester comprises an independent cycle of the lectures.
Type of course
Learning outcomes
Knowledge of the students on the economically and culturally important deposits of native silver in the whole world is the effect of the lecture. The student (she or he) gets in touch with geological and mineralogical problems, recognizes the esthetic value of the mineral raw material ant various artistic objects made from. After the lecture is finidhed, the students can (I hope) evaluate the complicity of the geological processes causing the origin of the formation of the presented silver deposits, accept the scientific and cultural rank of the prospecting and processing or elaboration of the appropriate minerals. I’d wish the students could explain at the basic level why silver was and is the object of interest in all the cultural communities and at any level of the social development.
Assessment criteria
Formal mark. Presence at the lectures (checked) and written elaboration of one of the presented occurrences of the proper quality.
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Christie Tony, Brathwaite Bob. Mineral Commodity Report 13 — Silver. Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd., Avalon 2007
Clark, Kenneth F., Fitch, David C. Evolution of metallic deposits in time and space in Mexico. University of Texas Reports, 2013
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Quinteros Riquelme Jocelyn Andrea. Improved process development for complex silver ores through systematic, advanced mineral characterisation. University of Queensland, 2014
Segerstrom, Kenneth. Regional geology of the Chanarcillo silver mining district and adjacent areas, Chile. Economic Geology, 57, 1247-1261, 1962
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Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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