SECTION I
Unit 1: Mineralogy, Petrology and General Geology.
a) Introduction to the subject, object, scope and sub divisions. Introduction to mineralogy,
rock forming minerals and their properties, silicate and non silicate minerals, primary and
secondary minerals, felsic and mafic minerals, essentials and accessories minerals.
Introduction to petrology: rock cycle, main divisions of rocks. Igneous rocks: mineral
composition, textures, reasons of textural variation, textures of...
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