mineralogy

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The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them.

A treatise or book on this science.

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Although mining and precious stones have been human interests throughout the history of civilization, the development of the related sciences of economic geology and mineralogy did not occur until the 18th century. Source: Internet

Electron microscope photograph of smectite clay – magnification 23,500 Clays are distinguished from other fine-grained soils by differences in size and mineralogy. Source: Internet

History Page from Treatise on mineralogy by Friedrich Mohs (1825). Source: Internet

Outside ancien régime France, natural history was an important part of medicine and industry, encompassing the fields of botany, zoology, meteorology, hydrology and mineralogy. Source: Internet

Changes in temperature and pressure, and composition alter the mineralogy of a rock sample. Source: Internet

Granites can be predominantly white, pink, or gray in color, depending on their mineralogy. Source: Internet

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