petrography
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of petrography
From the New Latin word petrographia, dating back to 1645–55. See petro- 1, -graphy
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Endress, M., Spettel, B. & Bischoff, A. Chemistry, petrography and mineralogy of the Tonk CI chondrite: preliminary results.
From Nature ● Nov. 28, 2017
Delicate cleavage-plates of gypsum are used in microscopic petrography for the determination of certain optical constants in the rock-forming minerals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
The City worried him a good deal, and what energy he had left over he spent partly in golf, a game he treated very seriously, and partly in the practices of microscopic petrography.
From Ann Veronica, a modern love story by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
The publication of this scheme may be said to mark the beginning of scientific petrography.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
A faint buzz above the ceiling witnessed that petrography, too, was active.
From Ann Veronica, a modern love story by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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