mineralogize

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IPA^(key): /mɪnəˈɹæləd͡ʒaɪz/

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mineralogize (third-person singular simple present mineralogizes, present participle mineralogizing, simple past and past participle mineralogized)

(intransitive) To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals.
- 1809, Maria Edgeworth, Ennui:
  When he was not studying, he was botanizing or mineralogizing with O'Toole's chaplain.