mineralogy

American  

[min-uh-rol-uh-jee, -ral-uh-] / ˌmɪn əˈrɒl ə dʒi, -ˈræl ə- /

noun

1. the science or study of minerals.

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mineralogy British  

/ ˌmɪnəˈrælədʒɪ, ˌmɪnərəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

1. the branch of geology concerned with the study of minerals

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mineralogy Scientific  

/ mĭn′ə-rŏl′ə-jē /

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

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Other Word Forms

• mineralogic
  adjective
• mineralogical
  adjective
• mineralogically
  adverb
• mineralogist
  noun
• nonmineralogical
  adjective
• nonmineralogically
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of mineralogy

First recorded in 1680–90; minera(l) + -logy

Example Sentences

"With uranium… the radiation doesn't really travel very far," says Prof Claire Corkhill, Chair in Mineralogy and Radioactive Waste Management at the University of Bristol.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025

Working together with British colleagues, Dr. Christian Vollmer from the Institute of Mineralogy at Münster University has examined one of these time capsules, and a very special one -- the Winchcombe meteorite.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

As one of his companies, Mineralogy, fought with Chinese mining interests in court, another called Queensland Nickel went under, with creditors and former employees owed more than $200 million.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2018

"If there was organic material there, it could have been preserved," said David Blake, principal investigator for Curiosity's Chemistry and Mineralogy, or CheMin, experiment.

From Reuters • Mar. 13, 2013

The Gallery of Mineralogy is so long, von Rumpel can hardly see the end of it.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr