mineralogy
min.er.al.o.gy \-je-\ n [prob. fr. (assumed) NL mineralogia, irreg. fr. ML minerale + L ] often attrib -logia -logy 1: a science dealing with minerals, their crystallography, physical and che mical properties, classification, and the ways of distinguishing them 2: the materials of mineralogy 3: a treatise on mineralogy