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B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN Industrial-Geology
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)
SYLLABUS
Semester VI - Application Oriented Subject - Commercial Granites and Gemmology
Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4
Unit I
Ornamental and building stones of India - Commercial granites and their classification.
Unit II
Geological aspects in the quarrying of commercial granites - Selection criteria and evaluation - Quarrying techniques.
Unit III
Physical properties of commercial granites Engineering properties of Grannes - Environmental impacts of granite quarrying.
Unit IV
Granite cutting and polishing - Processing - Granite marketing - History of Granite Industry in India.
Unit V
Characteristic features of Gems- Classification and identification tests of Gems - Gemstone mines - Exploration in India - Distinction between natural and synthetic gemstones- Gem properties and instruments for identification.
Books Recommended
National Symposium on Commercial Granite, Volume GSI, DGM, 1995.
Practical Gem cutting by Nance and Ronperry, David & Charles, London, 1982.
Gem and Gem Industry in India by Karnath K.V., Geo.Soc. Publish., Bangalore.
Granites by Venkat Reddy
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