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mineralogy

scientific study of minerals
Class type of: geology Q83353
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Summary

mineralogy is a branch of geology[1]. mineralogy is a type of geology[2].

Key Facts

  • Instance of: academic discipline[3], field of study[4], academic major[5]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[6], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11], 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[12], The Encyclopedia Americana[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], The New Student's Reference Work[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[16]
  • History of topic: hіstory of mineralogy[17]
  • Is the study of: mineral[18]
  • Practiced by: mineralogist[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Rocks and minerals[21]

Related Entities

Abraham Gottlob Werner Al-Biruni Axel Fredrik Cronstedt Carl Gustaf Mosander crystallography Data Portal of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin Friedrich Mohs geology Georgius Agricola Giovanni Antonio Scopoli Hudson Institute of Mineralogy Mikhail Lomonosov Morten Thrane Brünnich Nasir al-Din al-Tusi Per Teodor Cleve René Just Haüy Viktor Goldschmidt Vladimir Vernadsky

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Frhdkazan · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia tatarica (tt) online id → razdely/nauka/mineralogiya
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopedia tatarica (tt) online id: razdely/nauka/mineralogiya"
  2. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → vPZNe
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 4198
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 4198, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107286367|mineralogy (#107286367)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Class"
  4. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002271-mineralogie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0002271-mineralogie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  5. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Image last checked license → —
    Subclass of → geology
    Instance of → branch of geology, academic discipline, field of study +2
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 644, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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