Mineralogy

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:12:02

Min`er*al"o*gy (?), n.; pl. Mineralogies (#). [Mineral + -logy: cf. F. min'eralogie.]

1.

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

2.

A treatise or book on this science.

 

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