Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject Petrography and Mineralogy Code 00808023
Study programme
0808 - GRADO EN INGENIERIA MINERA
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
6 Compulsory Third First
Language
Castellano
Prerequisites
Department TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC
Coordinador
FERNANDEZ LOZANO , JAVIER
E-mail jferl@unileon.es
esana@unileon.es
alozl@unileon.es
Lecturers
SANZ ABLANEDO , ENOC
FERNANDEZ LOZANO , JAVIER
LOZANO LETELLIER, ALBA
Web http://https://www.unileon.es/estudiantes/oferta-academica/grados/grado-en-ingenieria-minera/plan-estudios?id=0808023&cursoa=2022
General description Chemical mineralogy. Physical mineralogy: physical properties of minerals. Crystallography. Optical mineralogy. Systematic mineralogy: native elements and sulphides. Oxides. Hydroxides. Halides. Carbonates, sulphates and phosphates. Silicates I. Silicates II.
Tribunales de Revisión
Tribunal titular
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente BERNARDO SANCHEZ , ANTONIO
Secretario TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC SIERRA FERNANDEZ , CARLOS
Vocal TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC CASTAÑON GARCIA , ANA MARIA
Tribunal suplente
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC VIEJO DIEZ , JULIO
Secretario TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC ALVAREZ DE PRADO , LAURA
Vocal TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC RODRIGUEZ PEREZ , JOSE RAMON

Competencias
Code  
A16876
A16877
A16878
A16879
A16880
A16881
A16882
A16883
A16884
B5149
B5150
B5153
B5155
B5157
B5158
B5159
B5160
B5161
B5168
B5169
B5170
B5171
B5174
B5180
B5181
B5183
C1 CMECES1 That students have demonstrated possession and understanding of knowledge in an area of study that is based on general secondary education, and is usually found at a level that, although supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the cutting edge of their field of study
C2 CMECES2 That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the development and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study.
C5 CMECES5 That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy

Learning aims
Competences
A16876
A16878
A16880
 B5153
B5180
 C2
A16879
A16881
 B5158
 C2
A16877
A16882
 B5155
B5159
B5160
B5161
B5168
B5169
B5170
B5171
B5174
B5181
B5183
 C1
C5
A16883
A16884
 B5149
B5150
B5157
 C5

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
I. Theory. Introduction to Mineralogy Topic 1. Chemical mineralogy
Topic 2. Physical Mineralogy: Physical properties of minerals
Topic 3. Crystallography
Topic 4. Optical mineralogy
Topic 5. Systematic Mineralogy: Native elements and sulfides. Oxides. Hydrosides. Halides. Carbonates, sulfates and phosphates. Silicates I. Silicates II.
II. Theory. Introduction to Petrology Topic 6. Igneous rocks
Topic 7. Sedimentary rocks
Topic 8. Metamorphic rocks
III. Practical Practical 1. Study, identification based on visual observation and classification of minerals
Practical 2. Study, identification based on visual observation and classification of rocks
Practical 3. Optical microscopy: Study, identification based on visual observation and classification of minerals and rocks
Practical 4. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
Practical 5. Approach to the modal classification of rocks

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Class hours Hours outside the classroom Total hours
Laboratory practicals 10 15 25
 
Field work/trips 10 15 25
Assignments 3 15 18
Personal tuition 4 5 9
 
Lecture 30 40 70
 
Extended-answer tests 3 0 3
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies   ::  
  Description
Laboratory practicals The practical classes will consist of laboratory work focused on the visual and optical microscopic identification of minerals and rocks in order to make classifications. Structural formula calculations or stereographic projections may be carried out in the classroom. Subsequently, semi-quantitative classifications will be established by means of modal estimations. Computer resources from the University of León and other universities, available on the Internet, will be used to carry out some of these practices. All these practices can be carried out online if circumstances require it.
Field work/trips Groups will be created with a very small number of students in order to prepare a practical work, entrusted to each group, consisting of the practical work indicated in the programme, and the preparation of the corresponding practical report.
Assignments The students solve the cases posed. In most of the practicals to be carried out, the solution of the problems requires the use of computer software. Each student will individually carry out a monographic work in the field of the subject, which may be presented and defended before the lecturer and the rest of their classmates. The delivery and presentation of the work may be done online if circumstances so require. For this purpose, students will use their own resources and those available on the Internet.
Personal tuition They will be dedicated to resolving any doubts that students may have and to proposing and guiding the work to be carried out. In addition to classic tutoring, interaction between the teacher and the student is foreseen through the institutional Moodle. The tutorials may take place in person or online, if circumstances so require.
Lecture Theoretical classes are necessary to provide a knowledge base on which the students will be able to carry out the practical classes and their work-seminars. The teacher will give oral presentations accompanied by illustrations and photographs/microphotographs. These will be developed through multimedia presentations (Power Point) and traditional classes. There will also be theoretical exercises accompanied by the corresponding explanations. These sessions may be held online if circumstances so require.

Personalized attention
 
Personal tuition
Description
The teacher will set tutoring schedules with the students, depending on the course timetable.

Assessment
  Description Qualification
Assignments They will be evaluated:
- The practical contents acquired in the laboratory.
- The production of field work.
- Other work
It will be necessary to have carried out work on 50% of the programmed contents for this section to be computable. It will count for 40% of the grade.
On the other hand, the grade obtained must be at least 3.5 out of 10, in order to be taken into account in the overall calculation. 		40 %
Extended-answer tests There will be exams in which students will have to certify that they have the basic knowledge of the subject. These tests may be taken in person or online, if circumstances so require.
The grade obtained must be at least 3.5 out of 10 in order to be taken into account in the overall calculation. 		50 %
Others Attendance and participation control, recorded either in person or online. 10 %
 
Other comments and second call

In the second call, tests on theoretical and practical contents and procedures will be carried out. With regard to the weighting of the qualification, the percentages assigned to the different types of content and procedures will be similar to those considered in the first call.

Sources of information
Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic C. S. Hulburt y C. Klein, Manual de Mineralogía de Dana , J.Willey and Sons / Reverte, 1988
A. Castro Dorado , Petrografía Básica, Paraninfo, 1989

Complementary F.C. Phillips , Introducción a la Cristalografía, Paraninfo, 1983
W.D. Nesse, Introduction to Optical Mineralogy, , Oxford University Press, 1991
D. Perkins, Mineralogy, Prentice-Hall, 1998
J. Auboin, R. Brousse y J.P. Lehman , Tratado de Geología: Petrología, Omega, 1981


Recommendations


Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
Chemistry / 00808005
Geology / 00808016