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1.0 - Formulae of minerals
Quartz 1,
Olivine 2,
Clinopyroxene 3
9
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1.1 - Intro to igneous rocks and magmas
What are the three main component...,
How does polymerisation change wi...,
How do small monovalent divalent ...
30
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2.1 - Mafic Minerals
Why do mafic minerals weather fas...,
Why do small monovalent divalent ...,
Does the order of crystallisation...
48
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2.2 - Felsic Minerals
What kind of silicate structure d...,
What determines whether a feldspa...,
What type of twinning is common i...
34
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2.3 - Igneous rock classification
Why do we use approved vocabulary...,
What does phaneritic mean 2,
What does aphanitic mean 3
28
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3.1 - Textures and Crystallisation
What is texture in igneous rocks 1,
Define nucleation and growth in c...,
Heterogeneous vs homogeneous nucl...
27
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3.2 - Mantle Melting and Oceanic Plate Creation
What are the main layers of the e...,
What is the lithosphere 2,
What is the asthenosphere 3
67
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4.1 - Magmatism in Tectonic centres
Hat are the two main types of sub...,
What characterises ocean continen...,
What magmatism typifies continent...
59
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4.2 - Intraplate Magmatism
What is intraplate magmatic activ...,
What are the main types of intrap...,
Why is intraplate magmatism unusu...
39
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5.1 - Intro to Metamorphic rocks
What is the iugs definition of me...,
What distinguishes metamorphism f...,
Can metamorphism occur with melti...
37
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5.2 - Classification of metamorphic rocks
How are metamorphic rocks classif...,
How does metamorphic classificati...,
Who defines modern metamorphic no...
45
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6.1 - Metapelitic, Calcareous and Ultramafic rocks
What are pelitic sediments and wh...,
Why are pelitic sediments highly ...,
What is the typical mineralogy of...
30
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7.1 - Metamorphic facies and mafic rocks
What is a metamorphic facies 1,
Who introduced the concept of met...,
What observation led to the recog...
36
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7.2 - Metamorphic textures
What is the difference between a ...,
What are relict textures and how ...,
What is a pseudomorph 3
78
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8.1 - Fluids and alteration
Why are metamorphic fluids import...,
What topics does metamorphic flui...,
What are the five main types of c...
60
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