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mineralogy
has definitions from the field of geology
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[ noun ] (geology) the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them
Used in print (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)For_example , there are persons who are in physical_science , in the field of mineralogy , trained in crystallography , who use only X-rays , applying only the powder_technique of X-ray_diffraction , to clay minerals only , and who have spent the last fifteen years concentrating_on the montmorillonites ; or persons in the social_sciences in the field of anthropology , studying the lung capacity of seven Andean Indians . |
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