Petrography

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The description and classification of rocks.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the branch of petrology that deals with the scientific description and classification of rocks
  • n. The art of writing on stone.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The art of writing on stone.
  • n. The scientific description of rocks; that department of science which investigates the constitution of rocks; petrology.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The art of writing or inscribing on stone.
  • n. The study of rocks; lithology; petrology.
    • Word Usage
    "As the BBC reports, Robert Ixer of the University of Leicester and Richard Bevins of the National Museum of Wales pinpointed the source to within 230 feet and did so by "detailing the mineral content and the textural relationships within the rock, a process known as petrography.""
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    mineralogy   
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    petrology   
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