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min·er·al·o·gy
\÷ˌminəˈräləjē, -ral-, -ji\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: probably from (assumed) New Latin mineralogia, irregular from Medieval Latin minerale mineral + Latin -logia -logy
1. : the science of minerals that deals with their crystallography and their physical and chemical properties in general, their classification, and the ways of finding and distinguishing them
2. : the materials of the science of mineralogy (as minerals or the attributes of minerals or mineral formations)
< the mineralogy of the Black Hills >
3. : a treatise of the science of mineralogy |