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| JLJ3043 | Gemology | 2+0+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Emel ABDİOĞLU YAZAR | | Co-Lecturer | All Faculty Members of Mineralogy-Petrography Division | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Gemstones have been used by people for thousands of years to promote their religion, to heal or to protect from disease, and for investment purposes. This behavior of the people continues today at different rates. One of the current problems is the increasing number of imitations on the market among real stones. The aim of this course is to inform students about the basic properties, formation, production, cutting and market prices of precious stones and the historical process. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | know the basic properties of gemstones.
| 10.3 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | evaluate a mineral?s potential to become a gemstone. | 10.3 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction; gemstone formation; physical properties of gemstones; gemstone deposits and production; cutting and sharpening; drilling; cutting and shaping, diamond cutting; classification of gemstones; well-known gemstones; little-known gemstones; minerals used in jewelry; organic gemstones; imitations of gemstones. Gemstones in Turkey. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction; gemstone formation
| | | Week 2 | Physical properties of gemstones | | | Week 3 | Physical properties of gemstones | | | Week 4 | Production: cutting and sharpening; drilling; cutting and shaping, diamond cutting; | | | Week 5 | Classification of gemstones;. | | | Week 6 | Classification of gemstones;. | | | Week 7 | Well-known gemstones | | | Week 8 | Well-known gemstones | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Little-known gemstones | | | Week 11 | Minerals used in jewelry | | | Week 12 | Organic gemstones; | | | Week 13 | Imitations of gemstones | | | Week 14 | Gemstones in Turkey. | | | Week 15 | Gemstones in Turkey. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Peter G. Read (1999), Gemology, 2nd edition, Butterworth- Heinemann, Oxford. | | | |
| 1 | Robert Webster, Peter G. Read (1994), Gems: Their Sources, Descriptions and Identification, Butterworth-Heinemann. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 10 | 10 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 90 |
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