mineralogicaladj.
/ˌmɪn(ə)rəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪn(ə)rəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ Of, relating to, concerned with, or used in mineralogy.
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mineralogical1653
oryctognostic1794
oryctognostical1805
mineralogic1811
oryctographical1857
1653 J. Webster Academiarum Examen 76 They teach nothing of Subcælestial Physiognomy, whether Elementary, Meteorological, or Mineralogical, but are utterly ignorant in all these.
1786 T. Cavallo (title) Explanation and index of two mineralogical tables.
1791 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 81 64 This rule has been found to hold good by so many mineralogical travellers that [etc.].
1858 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 3) i. iii. 100 The sharp edge of a small mineralogical-hammer.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species ix. 290 The frequent and great changes in the mineralogical composition of consecutive formations.
1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) v. 99 Geological, mineralogical, and chemical considerations are thus inseparably interwoven.
1940 F. F. Grout Kemp's Handbk. Rocks (ed. 6) ii. 47 The rocks are arranged from left to right on a mineralogical principle, and chiefly on the basis of the predominant feldspar.
1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Mar. 90/3 It was they..who announced its mineralogical composition to the world in 1899 and named it ‘carnotite’.
1991 Antiquity 75 1000/1 Mineralogical and trace element analysis of Theran lead ores and artefacts open the possibility that local lead deposits may have been exploited by the Bronze Age inhabitants of the island.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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