{"ModuleCode":"FMS1207C","ModuleTitle":"Gemstones, Minerals and Rocks","Department":"Chemistry","ModuleDescription":"Gemstones have survived the centuries and gathered a wealth of history and romance around them. The mysterious appeal of gemstones, their exquisite colors and reflections of light, rarity, hardness and durability have made them precious. Gemstones form in a variety of different earth environments and are a major economic resource for many nations. In this course the students will learn how gemstones, minerals and rocks are formed, their chemical composition and structures, optical and physical properties such as color, luster, cleavage, specific gravity and hardness, their worldwide occurrence, history of the famous gemstones and the tenets of their economic values.","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-3-0-2-3","Preclusion":"Students who have read a Freshman Seminar before will be precluded from reading a second Freshman Seminar. Students staying in Residential Colleges in UTown who will be reading or have read the Junior Seminars will be precluded from reading Freshman Seminar in the Faculty.","Types":["Module"],"CorsBiddingStats":[{"AcadYear":"2015/2016","Semester":"2","Round":"1A","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class Sl1","Quota":"12","Bidders":"15","LowestBid":"17","LowestSuccessfulBid":"400","HighestBid":"1252","Faculty":"Science","StudentAcctType":"New Students [P]"},{"AcadYear":"2015/2016","Semester":"2","Round":"2A","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class Sl1","Quota":"3","Bidders":"3","LowestBid":"250","LowestSuccessfulBid":"1","HighestBid":"650","Faculty":"Science","StudentAcctType":"Returning Students and New Students [P]"},{"AcadYear":"2014/2015","Semester":"2","Round":"1A","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class Sl1","Quota":"12","Bidders":"18","LowestBid":"300","LowestSuccessfulBid":"1190","HighestBid":"1253","Faculty":"Science","StudentAcctType":"New Students [P]"},{"AcadYear":"2014/2015","Semester":"2","Round":"2B","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class Sl1","Quota":"3","Bidders":"4","LowestBid":"1070","LowestSuccessfulBid":"1153","HighestBid":"1254","Faculty":"Science","StudentAcctType":"Returning Students and New Students [P]"},{"AcadYear":"2013/2014","Semester":"2","Round":"1A","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class Sl1","Quota":"12","Bidders":"22","LowestBid":"503","LowestSuccessfulBid":"1163","HighestBid":"1264","Faculty":"Science","StudentAcctType":"New Students [P]"},{"AcadYear":"2013/2014","Semester":"2","Round":"2A","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class Sl1","Quota":"3","Bidders":"4","LowestBid":"1155","LowestSuccessfulBid":"1253","HighestBid":"1253","Faculty":"Science","StudentAcctType":"Returning Students and New Students [P]"},{"AcadYear":"2012/2013","Semester":"2","Round":"1A","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class Sl1","Quota":"12","Bidders":"14","LowestBid":"811","LowestSuccessfulBid":"1250","HighestBid":"1255","Faculty":"Science","StudentAcctType":"New Students [P]"},{"AcadYear":"2012/2013","Semester":"2","Round":"2A","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class Sl1","Quota":"3","Bidders":"5","LowestBid":"1252","LowestSuccessfulBid":"1253","HighestBid":"1253","Faculty":"Science","StudentAcctType":"Returning Students and New Students [P]"},{"AcadYear":"2012/2013","Semester":"2","Round":"2B","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class Sl1","Quota":"3","Bidders":"5","LowestBid":"67","LowestSuccessfulBid":"1252","HighestBid":"1252","Faculty":"Science","StudentAcctType":"Returning Students and New Students [P]"},{"AcadYear":"2011/2012","Semester":"2","Round":"1A","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class Sl1","Quota":"12","Bidders":"27","LowestBid":"5","LowestSuccessfulBid":"800","HighestBid":"1254","Faculty":"Science","StudentAcctType":"New Students [P]"},{"AcadYear":"2011/2012","Semester":"2","Round":"2A","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class Sl1","Quota":"3","Bidders":"3","LowestBid":"1253","LowestSuccessfulBid":"1","HighestBid":"1253","Faculty":"Science","StudentAcctType":"Returning Students and New Students [P]"}],"AcadYear":"2015/2016","History":[{"Semester":2,"Timetable":[{"ClassNo":"SL1","LessonType":"Seminar-Style Module Class","WeekText":"Every Week","DayText":"Tuesday","StartTime":"1600","EndTime":"1800","Venue":"S16-0435"}],"LecturePeriods":["Tuesday Afternoon"]}]}