mineralogy
The origin and history of mineralogy.
Etymology
Comes from New Latin minerālogia, which combines Medieval Latin minera (“mineral”) with Latin -logia (“study”). By surface analysis it reads as mineral + -logy.
The origin and history of mineralogy.
Comes from New Latin minerālogia, which combines Medieval Latin minera (“mineral”) with Latin -logia (“study”). By surface analysis it reads as mineral + -logy.
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