mineralogy (redirected from mineralogists)

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.

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miner·a·logi·cal (-r--lj-kl) adj.

miner·a·logi·cal·ly adv.

miner·alo·gist n.

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mineralogy [min-er-al-a-jee]

Noun

the scientific study of minerals

mineralogical adj
mineralogist n

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mineralogy  (mn-rl-j)

The scientific study of minerals, their composition and properties, and the places where they are likely to occur.

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mineralogy

the branch of geology that studies the physical and chemical structures of minerals. — mineralogist, n. — mineralogic, mineralogical, adj.

See also: Geology

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mineralogy - the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks 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

Translations

mineralogy [mɪnəˈrælədʒɪ] n → minéralogie f

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mineralogy [mɪnəˈrælədʒɪ] mineral n → Mineralogie f

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mineralogy [mɪnəˈrælədʒɪ] n → mineralogia