GS 527: Ore Petrology
Syllabus
Incident light microscope, sample preparation, reflected light optics. Optical properties of ore minerals. Reflectance and microhardness. Ore textures and paragenesis. Application of ore microscopy in mineral technology. Study of phase diagrams related to ore assemblages and construction of stability diagrams. Geothermometry and geobarometry of ore assemblages. Fluid inclusion studies. Introduction to stable isotopic studies of ores
Texts/References
- Mookherjee, A. Ore genesis – A holistic approach, Allied Publisher, New Delhi, 1999
- Craig, J.R. and Vaughan, D.J. Ore Microscopy and Ore Petrology, John Wiley, 2nd Edn., 1994
- Galopin, R. and Henry, N.F.M. Microscopic Study of Opaque Minerals, McCrone Research Associates Ltd., London, 1972
- Ramdohr, P. The Ore Minerals and their Intergrowths, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1980
- Barnes, H.L. (ed.) Geochemistry of Hydrothermal Ore Deposits, 3rd edn. John Wiley,2002
- R.L.Stanton, R.L. Ore Petrology, McGraw Hill, 1972.