2) mineralogy. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
...The third syllable is stressed and pronounced either -AHL- or -AL-, and the -AHL- pronunciation sometimes causes a misspelling with -ol- instead of -al-. See also...

3) § 133. mineralogy. 7. Pronunciation Challenges. The American Heritage Book of English Usage. 1996
...Although this word has an a in the third syllable, such is the influence of words ending in -ology that it is most commonly pronounced (m n´ r l´ -j ), as if it were...

4) mineralogy. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...including their distribution, identification, and properties. 2. A book or treatise on mineralogy. minerˇaˇlogiˇcal (-r-lji-kl) -ADJECTIVEminerˇaˇlogiˇcalˇly -ADVERBminerˇaloˇgist...

5) hexagonal. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. Having six sides. 2. Containing a hexagon or shaped like one. 3. Mineralogy Having three equal axes intersecting at angles of 60° in one plane and one axis of...

6) intergrowth. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. The growing of one thing with or into another. 2. Mineralogy The growing together of crystals from two or more minerals....

7) nomenclature. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. A system of names used in an art or science: the nomenclature of mineralogy. 2. The procedure of assigning names to the kinds and groups of organisms listed in...

8) twinned. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. Born two in a single birth. 2. Paired or coupled with something identical or similar. 3. Mineralogy Formed by the process of twinning. Used of crystals....

9) twinning. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. The bearing of twins. 2. A pairing or union of two similar or identical objects. 3. Mineralogy The formation of twin crystals....

10) 358. Inorganization. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget s International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
...unorganized -, inorganic -, brute -, inanimate- matter. [SCIENCE OF THE MINERAL KINGDOM] mineralogy, geology, geognosy, geoscopy, metallurgy, metallography, lithology,...