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US
/ˌmɪnɝˈɑɫədʒi/
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[ UK /mˌɪnəɹˈælədʒi/ ]
[ UK /mˌɪnəɹˈælədʒi/ ]
NOUN
- the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them
How To Use mineralogy In A Sentence
- A preliminary review of the local mineralogy was subsequently written by Endlich, who noted the presence of aragonite, chabazite, calcite, mesolite, and natrolite, in addition to ‘leucite.’
- Microscopic analyses reveal that the oxide mineralogy of the dolerites is dominated by magnetite and ilmenite.
- Be an expert on mineralogy, geology, paleontology or anything-ology.
- Mineralogy _-alogy_, not _-ology_ nature _nature_, or _choor_ oleomargarine _g_ is hard, as in _get_ orchid _orkid_ oust _owst_, not _oost_ peculiar _peculyar_ pecuniary _pekun'yari_ perspiration not _prespiratian_ prestige _pres'tij_ or _prestezh'_ pronunciation _pronunzeashun_ or _pronunsheashun_ saucy not _sassy_ schedule _skedyul_ semi not _semi_ theater _the'ater_ not _thea'ter_ turgid _turjid_ usage _uzage_ usurp _uzurp_ vermilion _vermilyun_ wife's not _wives_ Practical Grammar and Composition
- The mineralogy of loess commonly differs considerably from that of the underlying bedrock, further demonstrating its derivation from a distant source.
- The mantle mineral group in Tibet has great significance in mineralogy an d geodynamics.
- Additional details of its history and mineralogy can be found in a Rocks & Minerals article published in concurrence with the 1985 Tucson Show, at which dioptase was the featured mineral.
- I'm talking spite and curiosity and divine retribution here, not mineralogy. FALLEN WOMEN
- Amongst them was a little exhibition of mineralogy and archaeology, maps and plans, sketches and croquis, at the Hippodrome. The Land of Midian
- The axiom that ‘simplicity is elegance’ applies to the science of mineralogy as well.