Course Outcomes

• Understand various structures of silicate minerals along with detailed characters of mineral families. Get familiar with the detailed optical properties, including interference figures. Various forms and their combinations of crystals will be cleared, including twinning in crystals.
• Analyze the mode of occurrence, texture, classification, and origin along with the systematic study of magma, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.
• Acquire the knowledge of stratigraphy of Peninsular India from Pre-Cambrian to Recent, including various kinds of deposits found there. Obtain the detailed stratigraphic divisions of Gujarat with its rock types and mineral wealth.
• Practically, they will be able to identify various minerals and to distinguish it from each other in hand specimens as well as under a microscope. Execute optic sign determination with the help of microscopic accessories.
• Implement the mineral crystals with reference to their forms and combinations, including twinning in crystal systems. Complete the drawing of clinographic projections of the cubic, tetragonal, and orthorhombic systems.
• Recognize and distinguish the plant and invertebrate fossils, like Phylum Mollusca. They will be able to construct map sections, outcrop filling problems, and geometrical exercises.
• The field excursion will create a broad idea of any geological investigation with reference to rock types, structures, stratigraphy, geological mapping, mining, and economic importance.