mineralogy

English

Alternative forms

minerology (rare)

Etymology

mineral +‎ -logy

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪnəˈɹɒlədʒi/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪnəˈɹɑlədʒi/

Noun

mineralogy (countable and uncountable, plural mineralogies)

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

Derived terms

Translations

the study or science of minerals

Afrikaans: mineralogie
Armenian: հանքաբանություն (hy) (hankʿabanutʿyun)
Asturian: mineraloxía f
Basque: mineralogia (eu)
Belarusian: мінерало́гія f (minjeralóhija)
Bulgarian: минерало́гия f (mineralógija)
Catalan: mineralogia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 礦物學 (zh), 矿物学 (zh) (kuàngwù xué)
Czech: mineralogie (cs) f
Danish: mineralogi (da)
Dutch: mineralogie (nl) f
Esperanto: mineralogio
Estonian: mineraloogia
Faroese: steinafrøði f
Finnish: mineralogia (fi)
French: minéralogie (fr) f
Galician: mineraloxía f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Mineralogie (de) f
Greek: ορυκτολογία (el) f (oryktología)
Hebrew: מינרלוגיה‎‎ (he) f (mineralogya)
Hungarian: ásványtan (hu), mineralógia (hu)
Icelandic: steindafræði
Ido: mineralogio (io)
Indonesian: mineralogi (id)

Interlingua: mineralogia
Irish: mianreolaíocht f
Italian: mineralogia (it) f
Japanese: 鉱物学 (ja) (こうぶつがく, kōbutsugaku)
Latvian: mineraloģija
Lithuanian: mineralogija f
Luxembourgish: mineralogie
Norwegian: mineralogi
Persian: کانی‌شناسی‎‎ (kâni-šenâsi)
Polish: mineralogia (pl) f
Portuguese: mineralogia (pt) f
Romanian: mineralogie (ro) f
Russian: минерало́гия (ru) f (mineralógija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: минералогија f

Roman: mineralogija (sh) f
Slovak: mineralógia (sk) f
Slovene: mineralogija (sl) f
Spanish: mineralogía (es) f
Swedish: mineralogi (sv) c
Tagalog: lupangkapan
Telugu: ఖనిజశాస్త్రము (khanijaśāstramu)
Turkish: mineraloji (tr)
Ukrainian: мінерало́гія f (mineralóhija)
Vietnamese: vật học
Volapük: minav (vo)

See also

gemology
Category:en:Mineralogy
petrography

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