mineralogy
/ˌmɪnəˈɹɑləd͡ʒi/ noun C2- The branch of petrology that studies minerals.
- Mineral materials.
- A treatise on mineralogy.
Plural mineralogies
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Morcerf had expected he should be the guide; on the contrary, it was he who, under the count’s guidance, followed a course of archæology, mineralogy, and natural history.
The two favorite studies of my youth were botany and mineralogy, and subsequently, when I learned that the use of simples frequently explained the whole history of a people, and the entire life of individuals in the East, as flowers betoken and symbolize a love affair, I have regretted that I was not a man, that I might have been a Flamel, a Fontana, or a Cabanis.”
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