Mineralogy

Minˊer-al′o-gy

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Mineralogies

(#)

.

[

Mineral

+

-logy

: cf. F.

minéralogie

.]

1.

The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them.

2.

A treatise or book on this science.

Mineralogy

MINERAL'OGY

,

Noun.

[mineral and Gr. discourse.] The science which treats of the properties of mineral substances, and teaches us to characterize, distinguish and class them according to their properties. It comprehends the study or science of all inorganic substances in the earth or on its surface.

mineralogy

English

Noun

mineralogy ‎(countable and uncountable, plural mineralogies)

(petrology) The branch of petrology that studies minerals.
Its mineral materials.
A treatise on mineralogy.

Derived terms

Translations

the study or science of minerals

Afrikaans: mineralogie
Armenian: հանքաբանություն (hy) ‎(hankʿabanutʿyun)
Asturian: mineraloxía f
Basque: mineralogia (eu)
Belarusian: мінерало́гія f ‎(minjeralóhija)
Bulgarian: минерало́гия f ‎(mineralógija)
Catalan: mineralogia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 礦物學 (zh), 矿物学 (zh) ‎(kuàngwù xué)
Czech: mineralogie f
Danish: mineralogi (da)
Dutch: mineralogie (nl) f
Esperanto: mineralogio
Estonian: mineraloogia
Faroese: steinafrøði f
Finnish: mineralogia (fi)
French: minéralogie (fr) f
Galician: mineraloxía f
Georgian:
German: Mineralogie (de) f
Greek: ορυκτολογία (el) f ‎(oryktología)
Hebrew: מינרלוגיה (he) f ‎(mineralogya)
Hungarian: ásványtan (hu), mineralógia (hu)
Icelandic: steindafræði
Ido: mineralogio (io)
Indonesian: mineralogi (id)

Interlingua: mineralogia
Irish: mianreolaíocht f
Italian: mineralogia (it) f
Japanese: 鉱物学 (ja) ‎(こうぶつがく, kōbutsugaku)
Latvian: mineraloģija
Lithuanian: mineralogija f
Luxembourgish: mineralogie
Norwegian: mineralogi
Persian: کانی‌شناسی (kâni-šenâsi)
Polish: mineralogia (pl) f
Portuguese: mineralogia (pt) f
Romanian: mineralogie (ro) f
Russian: минерало́гия (ru) f ‎(mineralógija)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: минералогија f

Roman: mineralogija (sh) f
Slovak: mineralógia (sk) f
Slovene: mineralogija (sl) f
Spanish: mineralogía (es) f
Swedish: mineralogi (sv) c
Tagalog: lupangkapan
Telugu: ఖనిజశాస్త్రము ‎(khanijaśāstramu)
Turkish: mineraloji (tr)
Ukrainian: мінерало́гія f ‎(mineralóhija)
Vietnamese: vật học
Volapük: minav (vo)

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Mineralogy

Minˊer-al′o-gy

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Mineralogy

MINERAL'OGY

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