Associations to the word «Mineralogy»

Wiktionary

MINERALOGY, noun. (petrology) The branch of petrology that studies minerals.
MINERALOGY, noun. Its mineral materials.
MINERALOGY, noun. A treatise on mineralogy.

Dictionary definition

MINERALOGY, noun. The branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats