How to Use mineralogy in a Sentence

mineralogy

noun
  • Yeah, the color comes from a lot of the mineralogy, and those are much more common.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Experts can tell where Moon and Mars rocks come from by their geology and mineralogy.
    — Chris Impey, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The old courthouse will also have room for a library, research lab, mineralogy lab and community classroom.
    — USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2019
  • By analyzing their changes in geochemistry, mineralogy, pollen counts and more, the team can recreate the region’s climate, and its changes, over that time frame.
    — Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2018
  • The more detailed analysis of mineralogy and rock precipitation history would be done back in the lab over the coming months and years.
    — Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2016
  • Yian’s versatile gua sha tool boasts the healing properties of bian stone, according to mineralogy studies.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In addition to changes in the rock structure and mineralogy of the field, the field may also be subject to variations in water inflow (changes in rainfall).
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The discovery adds momentum to a growing field of lunar mineralogy.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In the mineralogy gallery, the display case containing the nuggets was broken into with a blowtorch, authorities said.
    — Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • By this time, NASA also had much better map and mineralogy data from its orbiters.
    — Jatan Mehta, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2021
  • In the early years, mineralogy was a scientific field dominated by men.
    — David Bressan, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Here, the rover’s chemistry and mineralogy instrument has discovered lots of the iron-rich carbonate mineral siderite.
    — Elisabeth M. Hausrath, The Conversation, 6 May 2025
  • Grown in the heart of Provence, on the foothills of the Massif des Maures, the terroir for Tourmaline brings a rather unique mineralogy to the wine.
    — Jeanette Hurt, Forbes, 15 June 2022
  • Among inner solar system bodies, Ceres’ has a unique mineralogy, which appears to contain up to 20 percent carbon by mass in its near surface.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2018
  • The craft will also map the chemistry and mineralogy of this carbon-rich asteroid, a point of interest for anyone interested in a future career in space mining.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 16 Nov. 2018
  • Rosalind Franklin will be equipped with a variety of mass spectrometers designed to study the mineralogy of Mars and search for evidence of past microbial life.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Five science instruments mapped Bennu's chemistry and mineralogy, to determine the effect of sunlight on the asteroid's orbit.
    — George Petras, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2024
  • With such close proximity to the Pacific Ocean, the soils there are rich with volcanic and marine sediments, which translates to a complex mineralogy that pairs brilliantly with oysters.
    — Jeanette Hurt, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The changing mineralogy in these layers of Mount Sharp suggests a changing environment in early Mars, though all involve exposure to water billions of years ago.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Ellen Dupuy, the new community relations manager, became a volunteer after coming into the center to drop off flyers for a gem and mineralogy society.
    — Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Crafted for the face and body from Bian stone, expect to experience an array of benefits rooted in mineralogy to tone muscles, firm skin, and even treat TMJ (pain or tension of the jaw).
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 24 May 2022
  • With panoramic cameras, a microscopic imager, a rock abrasion tool, and three different spectrometers, the rovers made many discoveries about the geology and mineralogy of Mars.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2010
  • The differences could indicate how the mineralogy of the meteorite changed over decades sitting on Earth, absorbing water from the atmosphere and undergoing chemical reactions.
    — New York Times, 9 June 2022
  • But not long after, while idly perusing Russian mineralogy journals in search of more leads, Steinhardt spotted Kryachko’s name among the authors of a different paper from 1995.
    — Quanta Magazine, 13 June 2014
  • Werner’s chromatic notes intrigued many beyond the mineralogy circles artists including British painter Patrick Smye who charted and illustrated his notations with corresponding tints.
    — Anne Quito, Quartzy, 11 Oct. 2019
  • In traditional mineralogy, experts define minerals as solid substances with a distinctive chemical composition and a crystalline atomic arrangement.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2022
  • The hunt will likely utilize all of the rover's numerous instruments, including the Mastcam-Z and Supercam which are used to provide both imaging and analysis of the surface's mineralogy and chemical composition.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2021
  • But Charnoz argues this may merely reflect how the cooling process sets the basic mineralogy of these primitive meteorites, followed by later processes, such as heating, evaporation or water circulation, giving the final touches to their mineralogy.
    — Javier Barbuzano, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026
  • After teaching mineralogy at Tufts for two years, she was offered a job researching meteorites at Harvard before joining the Smithsonian observatory in 1961.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2018
  • By combining insights from geophysical fluid mechanics, exoplanetary atmospheres, and mineralogy, the study reveals how the intense internal dynamics and shifting compositions of these exotic worlds likely unfolds over time.
    — Victoria Corless, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025

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