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单词 mineralogy
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Definition of mineralogy in English:

mineralogy

noun mɪnəˈralədʒi
mass noun
  • The scientific study of minerals.

    矿物学

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He encouraged many young people to pursue mineralogy as a hobby.
    • He made fundamental contributions to mining geology and metallurgy, mineralogy, structural geology, and paleontology.
    • In any case, the contributions of Ibn Sina to several aspects of geology and mineralogy are significant in the history of these sciences.
    • One has to remember that France was the cradle of modern mineralogy, and many scientists of these times published their observations.
    • A tribute to him, including a summary of his many contributions to the field of mineralogy, appears in this issue.
    • Frondel thus committed himself to a career in descriptive mineralogy.
    • The extensive exhibition incorporates biology, gemology, anthropology, mineralogy, and ecology.
    • As for minerals, stunning displays of China's most recent contributions to the world of mineralogy will be there.
    • Renato's interest in mineralogy started in 1950, at age twelve, when he was living in Genoa.
    • Liebig was dismayed that ‘without a thorough knowledge of physics and chemistry, even without mineralogy, a man may be a great geologist in England’.
    • This mineralogy is consistent with derivation from granitic or acidic high-grade metamorphic rocks.
    • If not for some fortuitous timing, mineralogy would be without the current knowledge of blatonite.
    • I have tried to cover the basic geology and mineralogy of the district and hit a few of the district's highlights.
    • These differences in age and regional distribution, together with those in chemistry and mineralogy, suggest two separate magmatic regimes.
    • He was a true scholar, with interests in mineralogy, physics, natural history, chemistry, mathematics, and languages.
    • The axiom that ‘simplicity is elegance’ applies to the science of mineralogy as well.
    • Following the war, Sinkankas renewed his interest in mineralogy and gemology.
    • Stereochemistry is also important in geology, especially mineralogy, with dealing with silicon based geochemistry.
    • It was at this time that he took a course in geology, and from that time on he was as interested in mineralogy as he was in fish and game biology.
    • In his research, Dunn found a new mineral that he named wroewolfeite, after his professor of mineralogy.

Derivatives

  • mineralogical

  • adjective mɪnərəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l
    • He strung out a list of potential localities, all ‘far better’ than the ones renowned in mineralogical literature.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Private mineralogical firms appeared in the country.
      • I just read John White's column on the mineralogical nomenclature situation, and I must say that I couldn't agree more.
      • Nonetheless, he became an outstanding collector and mineral diagnostician, a master of the art of preparing specimens, and a genuine mineralogical thinker.
      • Although this is not a detailed mineralogical reference or a technically sophisticated work, it is the finest ‘coffee-table’ mineral book on the market.
      • A new emphasis was placed on paleontology and geology, and exhibitions that focused on these areas gradually replaced displays with mineralogical themes.
  • mineralogically

  • adverb
    • Marquette County is the easternmost Iron Country county and also the oldest, largest, and most mineralogically diverse.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These pegmatites are mineralogically different from the pegmatites of the Pikes Peak Granite in that they contain a more alkaline (sodium- and potassium-enriched) mineral suite.
      • Aphyric and plagiophyric pillow basalts are present and are mineralogically and texturally similar to the sheeted dykes.
      • The pegmatite dikes are very comparable chemically and mineralogically to the evolved differentiates, exhibiting similar chemical enrichments, albeit to a greater degree.
      • Deposition of texturally immature but mineralogically mature sediment suggests exposure and reworking of shelf material by fluvial processes in response to regression of the marine system.
  • mineralogist

  • noun mɪnəˈralədʒɪst
    • Those professional mineralogists, geologists, collectors, and curators lucky enough to possess the complete set have at their fingertips the critical data for those species known at the time each volume was prepared.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Also, I feel sure that professional geologists, mineralogists, and petrologists who read the booklet will see several definitions they would modify.
      • Lectures will cover both species and locality mineralogy and will be presented by professional mineralogists and geologists, mining engineers, and professors.
      • An audience of amateur and professional mineralogists and geologists is expected.
      • More than half of Dana's published work is on geological subjects, but he was a mineralogist and a zoologist as well as a geologist.

Rhymes

allergy, analogy, genealogy, hypallage, metallurgy, tetralogy

Definition of mineralogy in US English:

mineralogy

noun
  • The scientific study of minerals.

    矿物学

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As for minerals, stunning displays of China's most recent contributions to the world of mineralogy will be there.
    • It was at this time that he took a course in geology, and from that time on he was as interested in mineralogy as he was in fish and game biology.
    • These differences in age and regional distribution, together with those in chemistry and mineralogy, suggest two separate magmatic regimes.
    • The extensive exhibition incorporates biology, gemology, anthropology, mineralogy, and ecology.
    • This mineralogy is consistent with derivation from granitic or acidic high-grade metamorphic rocks.
    • He was a true scholar, with interests in mineralogy, physics, natural history, chemistry, mathematics, and languages.
    • In any case, the contributions of Ibn Sina to several aspects of geology and mineralogy are significant in the history of these sciences.
    • Renato's interest in mineralogy started in 1950, at age twelve, when he was living in Genoa.
    • Following the war, Sinkankas renewed his interest in mineralogy and gemology.
    • He made fundamental contributions to mining geology and metallurgy, mineralogy, structural geology, and paleontology.
    • A tribute to him, including a summary of his many contributions to the field of mineralogy, appears in this issue.
    • I have tried to cover the basic geology and mineralogy of the district and hit a few of the district's highlights.
    • The axiom that ‘simplicity is elegance’ applies to the science of mineralogy as well.
    • Liebig was dismayed that ‘without a thorough knowledge of physics and chemistry, even without mineralogy, a man may be a great geologist in England’.
    • In his research, Dunn found a new mineral that he named wroewolfeite, after his professor of mineralogy.
    • If not for some fortuitous timing, mineralogy would be without the current knowledge of blatonite.
    • Stereochemistry is also important in geology, especially mineralogy, with dealing with silicon based geochemistry.
    • He encouraged many young people to pursue mineralogy as a hobby.
    • One has to remember that France was the cradle of modern mineralogy, and many scientists of these times published their observations.
    • Frondel thus committed himself to a career in descriptive mineralogy.
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