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Lithology   Listen
noun
Lithology  n.  
1.
The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature.
2.
(Med.) A treatise on stones found in the body.





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"Lithology" Quotes from Famous Books



... found the biggest nugget yet discovered. You know about stones from the Rocky Mountains, or at least the Sierra Nevada. You did not discover this beautiful agate, but you saw and greatly admired it. We might say that a 'young lady, eminent for great skill in lithology, famed as the discoverer,' etc. Hold it between your eyes and this candle, but wet it in the slop-basin first; now you see the magnificent veins ...
— Erema - My Father's Sin • R. D. Blackmore


Words linked to "Lithology" :   morphology


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