MINERALOGY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mineralogy" is a kind of...):

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

Domain member category:

geode ((mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals)

nodule ((mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment))

asterism ((mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light)

twins ((mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other)

Derivation:

mineralogist (a scientist trained in mineralogy)