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Mineralogy

//ˌmɪnəˈralədʒi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The branch of petrology that studies minerals. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them wordnet
  3. 3
    Mineral materials. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A treatise on mineralogy. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From New Latin minerālogia, from Medieval Latin minera (“mineral”) + Latin -logia (“study”). By surface analysis, mineral + -logy.

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