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Physical characteristics of minerals, origin, mode of occurrence and association of minerals (native elements, sulfides and sulfosalts, halides, sulfates, carbonates, phosphates, oxides and hydroxides, silicates).

Laboratory Exercises: Physical properties of minerals; macroscopic observation of minerals; identification of mineral chemical formula; Introduction to mineral identification by means of XRD, optical and e-microscopy methods.