noun
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Meanings
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the branch of geology that studies minerals, including their composition, structure, properties, and classification
She specialized in mineralogy and learned to identify crystals by their physical properties.
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Synonyms
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noun
· the branch of geology that...
mineral science
Word family
Forms
mineralogical
Derived forms
biomineralogymicromineralogymineralogicmineralogicalmineralogize
Etymology
From New Latin mineralogia, built from Medieval Latin minera ('mineral, ore') + Greek-derived -logia ('study'). In modern English it is transparently mineral + -logy.