paragenesis /par-ə-jenˈi-sis/ or paragenesia /par-ə-jin-ēˈzi-ə/ (geology)

1. The order in which minerals have developed in a given mass of rock
2. The development of minerals in such close contact that their formation is affected and they become a joined mass

paragenetˈic adjective

• dioptase
• dioptases
• diopter
• diopters
• dioptrate
• dioptre
• dioptres
• dioptric
• dioptrical
• dioptrics
• diorama
• dioramas
• dioramic
• diorism
• diorisms
• dioristic
• dioristical
• dioristically
• diorite
• diorites
• dioritic
• diorthoses
• diorthosis
• diorthotic
• Dioscorea