Mineralogy
[mɪnə'rælədʒɪ] or [,mɪnə'rælədʒi]
Definition
(noun.) the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them.
Typist: Terrence--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them.
(n.) A treatise or book on this science.
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Examples
- The next year he was recalled to Freiberg as teacher of mineralogy and curator of collections. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- His pupil and lifelong friend, and successor as leader o f the Peripatetic school of philosophy, Theophrastus, combined a knowledge of mathematics, astronomy, botany, and mineralogy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He translated Cronstedt's book on mineralogy descriptive of the practical blow-pipe tests. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They w ere active in Saxony when George Agricola prepared his famous works on metallurgy and mineralogy inspired by the tr aditional wisdom of the local iron industry. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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