Petrography lab

Title: Petrografy Lab

IGG Lecturer: Antonio Langone

Period: 2ST semester (2014-present)

Duration: 36 hours (3 credits)

Organizer: Università degli Studi di Pavia

Topics: Macroscopic and microscopic identification of the main magmatic and metamorphic rocks

Participants: 2nd year students of Bachelor's degree in "Geological Sciences"

Course description: Practical petrological exercises. Macroscopic identification of the magmatic, metamorphic and mantle rocks. Examples of study of magmatic, metamorphic and mantle rocks on an outcropping scale. Laboratory exercises to identify, classify and study the structures of magmatic, metamorphic and mantle rocks by means of the optical microscope. Petrographic report required.