2013	Graduate Course on Diamond Exploration	11 am - 2 pm Wednesdays, Rm 201
	The week	Topic	Lab or Theory	Lecturer	Speaker	Labs and	Papers for additional
	of				affiliation	Handouts	reading
1	9-13 Sept	Nature of Kimberlite and 'Related Rock' Magmas	Theory, Lab	Scott Smith	Scott Smith Petrology Inc. (SSPI)	Lab 1 Handout 1	Nomenclature Paper
2	16-20 Sept	Sub-division of Kimberlites: Mineralogical and Textural. Volcaniclastic Kimberlites 1: Fort-ala-Corne-type Pyroclastic kimberlite Volcaniclastic Kimberlites 2: Resedimented Volcaniclastic	Theory, Lab	Scott Smith	Scott Smith Petrology Inc. (SSPI)	Lab 2 Handout 2 Handout on Texture Handout on Pipe Infill Handout on classification	Fort-a-la-Corne Paper Canadian kimberlites paper
3	23 - 27 Sept	Volcaniclastic Kimberlites 3: Kimberley-type Pyroclastic kimberlite	Theory, Lab	Scott Smith	Scott Smith Petrology Inc. (SSPI)	Lab 3Handout 3	Visual Guides to KPK textures: Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3 Paper 4 Paper 5
4	30 Sept - 4 Oct	Economic Kimberlite Geology and Kimberlite Drillcore Logging	Field Trip	Scott Smith	Petrology Inc. (SSPI)
5	7-11 October	Mid-term exam: Economic Kimberlite Petrology	Lab	Scott Smith	Petrology Inc. (SSPI)
6	14-18 October	Geochemistry of indicator minerals I	Theory	Kopylova	UBC
7	21-25 October	Lab on identification of indicator minerals	Lab	Kiridjic	KIM Dynamics
8	28 Oct -1 Nov	Geochemistry of Indicator Minerals II:	Theory	Grutter	Grutter Geosciences
		Mantle garnet is a lithosphere proxy
		Application of modern indicator techniques to data from Greenland and Ontario
9	4-8 Nov	Morphology of indicator minerals	Theory	McCandless	MCC Geoscience Inc.		Paper on abrasion of indicator minerals
		Diamond Morphology and diamond evaluation	Lab on diamond morphology			Lab handout	Paper on indicator mineral search technique
10	11-15 Nov	Diamond exploration in Canada	Theory	Pell	Peregrine Diamonds Corp
		From Exploration to Production: Challenges	Field Trip
11	18-22 Nov	Consulting in Diamond Exploration	Field Trip	Nowicki	Mineral Services Inc
		Tour at the Mineral Services Inc		Moss
12	25 Nov - 29 Dec	Student Presentations - Final Exam	Theory	Kopylova	UBC
				Scott Smith	Scott Smith
					Petrology Inc. (SSPI)
	Final mark is based on:
		50% Term project
		20% oral Defense of Term project
		25% Mid-term
		5% In-class active participation