Petrology
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- lithology
- plural
- Petrologies
- possessive
- Petrology's
- pluralpossessive
- Petrologies'