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Mineralogically

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min·er·al·o·gy  (mn-rl-j, -rl-)
n. pl. min·er·al·o·gies
1. The study of minerals, including their distribution, identification, and properties.
2. A book or treatise on mineralogy.

miner·a·logi·cal (-r--lj-kl) adj.
miner·a·logi·cal·ly adv.
miner·alo·gist n.


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Oil shale is mineralogically very complex because the mineral suite includes clastic, carbonate, and evaporitic minerals, some nearly unique to the saline lake environment, as well as the kerogen.
As these basins are floored by oceanic crust, it is not surprising that the pillow lavas produced are similar mineralogically and texturally to mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB).
 
 
 
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