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Added 10 October 2026

mineralogy

/ˌmɪnəˈralədʒi/ noun

Latin root: minerālogia Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about mineralogy at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The branch of petrology that studies minerals.
Mineral materials.
A treatise on mineralogy.

Origin

From New Latin minerālogia, from Medieval Latin minera (“mineral”) + Latin -logia (“study”). By surface analysis, mineral + -logy.

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