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Mineralogy Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -logy

Mineralogy has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them

2

The branch of petrology that studies minerals.

See Also
mineralogical treatise natural history felsite petrology mineral mineralogies mineralogize
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
geology
Rhyming Words
dogy fogy bogy logy pogy ology loogy elogy boogy alogy agogy dilogy oölogy oology eulogy perogy urology geology analogy trilogy
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