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UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN Industrial-Geology
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)
SYLLABUS
Semester V - Paper VII - Industrial Minerals
Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4
Unit I
Industrial Minerals - Mode of occurrence - Use and distribution in India - Ceramic minerals, Granites and Building stones, Cement - Raw Minerals - Mineral pigments - Refractory and abrasive minerals Fertilizer minerals.
Unit II
Mode of occurrences - Use and distribution in India - Diamond - Gemstones, Asbestos, Mica, Vermiculite, Barite, Talc, Glass, Sand and Fullers earth
Unit III
Indian occurrences and uses of the following metallic ores - Iron, Manganese, Aluminium
Unit IV
Indian occurrences and use of basic metal deposits - Copper, Lead and Zinc - Noble metal Deposits - Gold and Silver.
Unit V
Indian occurrences and use of Molybdenum, Magnesium, Zirconium and Berylium. Atomic minerals - Uranium, Thorium and Pitchblende
Books Recommended
Industrial Minerals and Rocks of India by S.Deb, Allied Publishers (P) Ltd., 1980.
India's Mineral Resource by S.Krishnasamy, Oxford and IBH Publishers, 1972
Minerals of Madras, N.K.N. Iyengar, Department of Industries and Commerce, Tamil Nadu Government, 1964.
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