The course compliments petrology as it looks into the genesis, classification, textures of constituent minerals, structures and modes of occurrence of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks using the microscope. The optical properties of minerals and microscopic methods of analyzing rocks will be the foundation of the course. The petrogenesis of the different rock types is appreciated if there are good description, classification and interpretation generated from hand specimen and thin- section analyses.
- Teacher: LOYD JOHN GONZALES