Mineralogy

What do we mean by mineralogy?

The study of minerals, including their distribution, identification, and properties. noun

A book or treatise on mineralogy. noun

The science which treats of the properties of mineral species (see mineral), which teaches how to characterize, distinguish, and classify them, and which investigates their occurrence in nature with reference to their mode of formation (paragenesis) and the alteration which they may have undergone. noun

The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them. noun

A treatise or book on this science. noun

The branch of petrology that studies minerals. noun

Its mineral materials. noun

A treatise on mineralogy. noun

The branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them noun

The branch of petrology that studies minerals.

Its mineral materials.

A treatise on mineralogy.

Words that are spelled similarly to mineralogy:
mineralogy, mineralogic, mineraloid, minerally.

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Words that rhyme with mineralogy:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective mineralogy:
simplified, petrology, newland.

Words that sound like mineralogy:
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