Definition of MINERALOGY

mineralogy

Meanings

Plural: mineralogies

Noun

  • the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them
  • The branch of petrology that studies minerals.
  • Mineral materials.
  • A treatise on mineralogy.

Origin / Etymology

From mineral + -logy.

Scrabble Score: 16

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Words With Friends Score: 19

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