Università Roma Tre

AFTER A RECALL OF THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF CRYSTAL-CHEMISTRY AND SYSTEMATICS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MINERALS USED AS GEORESOURCES, THE COURSE WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE MAIN APPLICATIONS OF NATURAL MATERIALS IN INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE; EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVE TO ZEOLITES, CONCRETE AND CERAMICS. THE OCCURRENCE AND PROPERTIES OF THE MAIN NATURAL MATERIALS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE USE OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS WILL BE ALSO TREATED. FIELD TRIPS TO QUARRIES WILL ALSO BE ORGANIZED.

VARIOUS MATERIAL PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER AND ALSO
C. KLEIN: MINERALOGIA. ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA.
D.J. VAUGHAN, R.A. WOGELIUS: ENVIRONMENTAL MINERALOGY. BUDAPEST, EOTVOS UNIVERSITY PRESS 2000 ED INOLTRE TEACHING DOCUMENTS AND TEXTBOOKS ONLINE, vedi http://www.minersoc-emg.org; http://www.pptnetwork.net/LECTURE-NOTE-ON-ECONOMIC-GEOLOGY