mineralogy

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

From New Latin mineralogia, built from Medieval Latin minera ('mineral, ore') + Greek-derived -logia ('study'). In modern English it is transparently mineral + -logy.

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