mineralogy

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: min=er=al=o=gy

CIDE DICTIONARY

mineralogy, n. [Mineral + -logy: cf. F. minéralogie.].

•  The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them.  [1913 Webster]
•  A treatise or book on this science.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mineralogy, n. the scientific study of minerals.

Derivative

mineralogical adj. mineralogist n.

THESAURUS

mineralogy

cosmical geology, crystallography, dynamic geology, geodesy, geodetics, geodynamics, geognosy, geographics, geography, geological chemistry, geological engineering, geology, geomorphogeny, geomorphology, geophysics, geoscopy, geotectonic geology, historical geology, hydrogeology, mineralogical chemistry, mining engineering, mining geology, paleontological geology, pedology, petrography, petrology, physical geography, physical geology, physiographic geology, physiography, soil mechanics, soil science, stratigraphic geology, stratigraphy

ROGET THESAURUS

mineralogy

Inorganization

N inorganization, mineral world, mineral kingdom, unorganized matter, inorganic matter, brute matter, inanimate matter, mineralogy, geology, geognosy, geoscopy, metallurgy, metallography, lithology, oryctology, oryctography, inorganic, inanimate, inorganized, lithoidal, azoic, mineral.