Lecture Notes

Click on the links below to get to the lecture notes for that topic. Additional lecture notes will be added as they are completed.

Further updates will be posted as they are available.

Mineralogy Lectures and Handouts

• Lecture 2
• Lecture 3
• Phyllosilicates
• Handout 1
• Handout 2

Mineralogy Project

• Project Description
• Akaganeite
• Magnetite
• Triclinic birnessite
• Kaolinite
• Nontronite
• Vermiculite

Mineralogy Resources

• Structural Chemistry
• Crystallographic Concepts
• Silicate Classification
• Phyllosilicate Structures
• 1:1 Phyllosilicates
• 2:1 Phyllosilicates
• Smectites
• Vermiculites and Chlorites
• Oxides, Hydroxides, and OxyHydroxides
• Carbonates, Evaporites, and Accessory Minerals
• Allophane, Imogolite, and Poorly Crystalline Materials

Soil Chemistry - PDF files

• Printable PDF periodic table from WebElements
  
• Introduction to soil chemistry
• Soil Organic Matter
• Solution Chemistry
• Rates
• Precipitation
• Sorption part A
• Sorption part B
• Ion Exchange
• High pH soils
  
• Redox
• Acid Soils
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Authors: Ed Nater , Paul Bloom, and Brandy Toner
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate

Copyright: Ed Nater and Paul Bloom and the Regents of the University of Minnesota
Copyright for mineral models held by the Minerals & Molecules Project

The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their respective universities or their Regents.