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Undergraduate
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Week One -
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Students' Introduction to the Franklin Marble
- The first week of the REU will be an intensive introduction
to selected portions of the Franklin Marble. (The total field
area, including associated rocks, is approximately 350 km2.)
Visit to the Franklin Mineral Museum and examination of the
Franklin Ore deposits and Marble on-site (~0.4 km2). Visit
to the Sterling Hill Mining Museum and examination of the
Ogdensburg Ore Deposits and Franklin Marble on-site (~0.15
km2). Underground examination of Sterling Mine. The week will
include geological tours by noted active, senior, or retired
scientists who have made a career researching and writing
about the Franklin Marble as well as members of the regional
research collaboration. During the tours, research problems
will be identified and discussed. Students will be assigned
research topics as close to their interest areas as possible.
Students will begin to familiarize themselves with the minerals
of the Franklin-Ogdensburg ore deposits in formal and informal
laboratory experiences.
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Week Two -
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Students will have full-days of
classes concerning various topics in mineralogy and will visit
field exposures in the northern extension of the Franklin Marble
in Sussex County, NJ and Orange County, NY. The classes will
expand on their knowledge of introductory mineralogy including:
Mineralogical nomenclature, classification, and systematics.
Implications of the species concept.
Historical perspectives of mineralogical research and current
trends
Survey of minerals of the Franklin Marble and Ore Deposits
Survey of important mineral groups: Survey of Feldspar worldwide
Methods of mineralogical research - chemistry
Calculations of mineral formulas based on chemical analyses
Ideas relating to designing a research project
Teacher-led seminars on published works involving validity of
data and of conclusions, ethical treatment of study topics,
intellectual property, data manipulation, copyright, priority,
etc.
Assigned readings on Franklin-Ogdensburg mineralogy
Introduction to GPS mapping
Seminars of pre-assigned student papers
Laboratory experiences with Franklin-Ogdensburg
minerals
Laboratory sessions on mineral identifications
Laboratory exercises in Sample Preparation
Beginning of Field Studies and Laboratory Research
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Week Three -
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Classroom instruction including:
Methods of mineralogical research - structure
Review of Crystallography and symmetry
Mechanisms of Crystal Growth
Crystal chemistry
Survey of minerals of the Franklin Marble and Ore Deposits
Survey of Garnet worldwide
Methods of instrumental analysis
Computer methods in mineralogical studies
Scientific ethics and validity of conclusions; Intellectual
property, plagiarism, intellectual theft, rights of priority
Selection of research topics - Visitation to field site initial
sample collection
Assigned readings on Franklin-Ogdensburg mineralogy
Introduction to GPS mapping
Field Studies and Laboratory Research
Laboratory sessions on mineral identifications
Sample Preparation Techniques
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Week Four -
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Classroom instruction including:
Methods of mineralogical research - Spectroscopical techniques
Computer methods in mineralogical studies
Scientific ethics and validity of conclusions, ethical choices
of subject matter; handling controversy or adversarial approach
by competing researchers
Methods of mineralogical research - structure (continued)
Review of Crystallography and symmetry
Mechanisms of Crystal Growth
Crystal chemistry
Survey of minerals of the Franklin Marble and Ore Deposits
Survey of Pyroxene worldwide
Classic research papers on minerals of the Franklin Marble
Student reports on initial field sampling
Laboratory sessions on mineral identifications
Sample Preparation
Field Studies and Laboratory Research
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Week Five -
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Computer methods in mineralogical
studies
Methods of mineralogical research - structure (continued)
Review of Crystallography and symmetry
Mechanisms of Crystal Growth
Crystal chemistry
Laboratory sessions on mineral identifications
Sample Preparation
Survey of minerals of the Franklin Marble and Ore Deposits
Classic research papers on minerals of the Franklin Marble
Field Studies and Laboratory Research
Student Seminar on Research progress
Student-led seminars on published works involving
validity of conclusions and ethical treatment of study topics,
intellectual property, data, copyright, priority and previous
studies, etc.
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Week Six -
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Methods of scientific presentation
and publication (PowerPoint, Posters, Abstracts, Articles, Theses
and Dissertations, etc.)
Applied Mineralogy
Survey of minerals of the Franklin Marble and Ore Deposits
Survey of Phyllosilicates
Laboratory sessions on mineral identifications
Student-led seminars on published works involving validity of
conclusions and ethical treatment of study topics, intellectual
property, data, copyright, priority and previous studies, etc.
Field Studies and Laboratory Research
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Week Seven -
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Fundamentals of Grant Writing
Methods of mineralogical research - structure (continued)
Review of Crystallography and symmetry
Mechanisms of Crystal Growth
Crystal chemistry
Ethics of data analysis, data selection, and presentation; acknowledgements
Field Studies and Laboratory Research
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Week Eight -
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Assembly of Research
findings for teacher and peer review
Students write findings papers
Preliminary student presentations
Submission of papers to Mineral News Review Board
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Week Nine -
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Applied Mineralogy classes
Field trips to outside field areas (prograde metamorphic areas,
iron mines, granite pegmatites, etc.)
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Week Ten -
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seminar presentation of findings
- peer review
Completion of research output publication.
Formal Student Presentations at Franklin-Ogdensburg Conference
Submission of articles to Mineral News
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