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G-oology 281 Lecture Outline
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INTRODUCTION
Scope and arrangement of the course
Review of the properties of light
Assumptions
'\yr\/' Light as wave motion ^ V/\ *T
- -«— = Amplitude, wave length, fre-^
quency, velocity, phaso.
^■t^Tho propagation of light
Ray, beam, wavo front, vibration, direction, polarization.
/ The color of light
Spectral colors
Combinations of spoctral colors
Mofchods of obtaining combinations
Addition
Subtraction
Absorption by
filters
Interference
Primary colors
Secondary colors
The color triangle
Complementary colors
Pure vs. impure colors
Monochromatic light
Color vision
Color photography and color
printing as illustrating
theory
Tho polarizing microscope
Parts
Path of light through tho mic.
Optical constants
Magnification
Angular and numerical aperture
Resolving power
Adjustments
Use
Caro
Potrographic mineralogy
Common minorals as solid-solutions
of 2 or more end members (minals)
Arbitrary subdivision of solid-
solution serios
Relation botwoen chemical composition and optical properties.
The literature of optical mineralogy
(see accompanying sheet)
R-K, Ch. 3;
Any standard
textbook on
physics
Articles on
colour and
vision in
Encyclope dia
Brittanica
R-K, Ch. 2;
Joh., Ch. 7
. L, Ailing,
Interpretative Petrology, Ch. 6.
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G-oology 281 Lecture Outline
m
INTRODUCTION
Scope and arrangement of the course
Review of the properties of light
Assumptions
'\yr\/' Light as wave motion ^ V/\ *T
- -«— = Amplitude, wave length, fre-^
quency, velocity, phaso.
^■t^Tho propagation of light
Ray, beam, wavo front, vibration, direction, polarization.
/ The color of light
Spectral colors
Combinations of spoctral colors
Mofchods of obtaining combinations
Addition
Subtraction
Absorption by
filters
Interference
Primary colors
Secondary colors
The color triangle
Complementary colors
Pure vs. impure colors
Monochromatic light
Color vision
Color photography and color
printing as illustrating
theory
Tho polarizing microscope
Parts
Path of light through tho mic.
Optical constants
Magnification
Angular and numerical aperture
Resolving power
Adjustments
Use
Caro
Potrographic mineralogy
Common minorals as solid-solutions
of 2 or more end members (minals)
Arbitrary subdivision of solid-
solution serios
Relation botwoen chemical composition and optical properties.
The literature of optical mineralogy
(see accompanying sheet)
R-K, Ch. 3;
Any standard
textbook on
physics
Articles on
colour and
vision in
Encyclope dia
Brittanica
R-K, Ch. 2;
Joh., Ch. 7
. L, Ailing,
Interpretative Petrology, Ch. 6.
jb
