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mineralogy
English
Alternative forms
- minerology (rare)
Etymology
mineral +? -logy
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?n????l?d?i/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?n????l?d?i/
Noun
mineralogy (countable and uncountable, plural mineralogies)
- (petrology) The branch of petrology that studies minerals.
- Its mineral materials.
- A treatise on mineralogy.
Derived terms
- mineralogical
- mineralogist
Translations
See also
- gemology
- Category:en:Mineralogy
- petrography
mineralogy From the web:
- what mineralogy does
- what is mineralogy in geology
- what is minerals give example of it
- what does mineralogy mean
- what is metrology explain
- what is mineralogy definition
- what is mineralogy the study of
- what is mineralogy and petrology
felsite
English
Noun
felsite (plural felsites)
- (mineralogy) A fine grained volcanic extrusive rock, generally light in color, composed of felsic minerals.
- The buff-colored dacites of the Superstition Mountains are felsites.
- (geology) Any light-colored volcanic rock whose true mineralogy is not yet determined.
Synonyms
- eurite
Anagrams
- fileset, lefties, liefest
felsite From the web:
- felsic lava
- what does felsic mean
- where is felsic lava found
- is felsic lava runny
- do shield volcanoes have felsic lava
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