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MINERALOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mineralogy" is a kind of...):
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
Domain member category:
geode ((mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals)
nodule ((mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment))
asterism ((mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light)
twins ((mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other)
Derivation:
mineralogist (a scientist trained in mineralogy)
