Subject Code: ES5L104	Subject Name: Advanced Mineralogy & Crystallography	L-T-P: 3-0-0	Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s): Nil
X- ray powder diffraction: reciprocal lattice, Ewald's sphere, indexing and calculation of cell parameters; Elements of crystal field-, molecular orbital and band theories. UV- VIS- NIR and vibrational spectroscopic methods (IR and Raman) and pertinent mineralogical applications; Micro-beam analysis: SEM, TEM, EPMA and their geochemical applications; Thermal analytical methods: DTA, DSC, TG; calculation of enthalpy and heat capacity; mineralogical characterization of industrial raw materials; Electrical and magnetic properties: resistivity, Hall potential, thermoelectric power, magnetic moments, magnetic susceptibility and application to characterization of sulfide minerals.
Text/ Reference Books: William Nesse, Introduction to Mineralogy, Oxford University Press. Dexter Perkins, Mineralogy, Prentice Hall. Cornelis Klein & Barbara Dutrow, Manual of Mineral Science, Wiley.