n
(mineralogy) any mineral that is present in small amounts in a rock, but is not considered to be characteristic of the rock
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to achondrites, a type of stony meteorite.
adj
Relating to the upward-projecting dome of a batholith
adj
Relating to, or like, an acrolith.
n
(geology) structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.
adj
Slightly alkaline; having the properties of an alkali.
n
(geology) A mineral that did not develop its otherwise typical external crystal form because of late crystallization between earlier formed crystals, typical of matrix minerals in rapidly crystallizing volcanic lavas and shallow igneous intrusions.
adj
(geology) Relating to, or caused by anchimetamorphism
n
(geology) A transitional zone between diagenesis and metamorphosis
adj
(geology) Relating to an antiform
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to an aquifer
n
Incomplete vertical mixing of stratified water masses, homogenizing layers.
n
(geology) authigenic formation
adj
(geology) Generated where it is found or observed.
adj
Alternative form of automorphic [(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic]
adj
Of or pertaining to barium.
adj
Composed of two minerals
n
cementation by the deposition of calcium carbonate by microbes
n
(soil science) bioturbation of the upper part of the soil
n
(geology) A form of biosparrudite having very small grains
n
(geology) A mineral produced by the activity of living things
n
(biology, mineralogy) The study of biominerals and of biomineralization
n
(geology, ecology) The mixing or disturbance of soil by living organisms, as opposed to disturbance of other media such as sediment or leaf litter.
n
The sedimentation of organic material to form biosediment.
n
A form of bioturbation: the transfer of material by living organisms.
n
(geology) the mixing of soil or sediment by living organisms
adj
Of or pertaining to bisolitons
n
Conodont Alteration Index, an estimate of the maximum temperature reached by a sedimentary rock.
adj
Of or pertaining to an order of soils with chernozemic characteristics.
adj
(geology, of rocks) Derived from the same magma.
n
A vertisol with a cryic soil temperature regime.
adj
Of or relating to cryomagma.
adj
Of cold, deep oceanic waters.
n
A kind of psamment found in cold climates.
n
(ecology) A permanently cold environment
adj
Of or relating to cryosols.
adj
(geology) Relating to, or composed of cryptokarst
n
(geology) The formation of crystalline minerals.
adj
(geology) Relating to crystallogenesis
adj
From which strata has been removed
adj
(geology) Of secondary origin; said of certain rocks whose material has been derived from older rocks.
n
(geology) All the chemical, physical, and biological changes sediment goes through during and after lithification, not including weathering or other surface changes.
adj
(mineralogy) Having only one plane of symmetry.
adj
Of or pertaining to the nodal period.
n
A fusion of an ectoloph and a metaloph.
adj
Of or relating to encrinites.
adj
(paleontology) Relating to, or containing, encrinites.
n
A mineral, especially a crystal, enclosed within another
n
(geology) The assimilation of surrounding rock by an intrusive igneous rock
n
(geology) Changes in the mineral content of rock after its formation.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being an epilith.
adj
(geology) Describing deposits of minerals formed from warm water at shallow depth
adj
(geology) Easy to identify.
adj
Of or relating to euendoliths.
adj
(geology) Relating to an exokarst
n
soil bioturbation caused by plants, for example by root growth or the uprooting of trees
n
Aeroponics combined with the nutrient solution aerosolized by a diaphragm vibrating at ultrasonic frequencies.
adj
Of or pertaining to a fracture.
n
(mineralogy, petrology) the branch of mineralogy that studies mineral gems and petrified gemstones
n
(geology) geological accumulation (typically of heavy metals in sediments)
adj
Producing or containing geodes.
adj
(geology) transformed into a geode
n
Any material (for road construction etc.) of geological origin
n
(geology) A point in the sequence of geochemical changes that occur as minerals are formed from cooling magma.
adj
Of or relating to a geyser.
adj
Of or relating to gigantoliths.
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to granulometry (measurement of the size of grains in sedimentary deposits)
n
a strong, vertical salinity gradient; the (sometimes indistinct) border between layers of water that contain different amounts of salt
n
(geology) A haplic udand
n
(geology) A haplic udult
adj
(mineralogy) Having a cleavage different from the common variety.
n
(geology) The original stratotype used to designate a stratigraphic unit.
n
(geology, soil science) The formation of soil horizons
adj
(geology) Relating to, or formed by the interaction of water and hot volcanic magma
n
(geology) A type of metamorphism caused by water.
adj
(geology) Of or relating to emanations of hot water that are rich in minerals, or to the rocks formed from them.
adj
Of or relating to hypermetamorphism.
n
(geology) Any of several brief geological periods of global warming
n
(mineralogy) Any idiomorphous mineral.
adj
(mineralogy) occurring as distinct crystals
adj
Of or pertaining to karst.
adj
Having an increasing temperature with increasing water depth.
n
(geology) A stratotype used to describe a stratigraphic unit that does not already have a sufficient holostratotype.
adj
of or pertaining to lithiasis.
v
(astronautics, humorous) To perform lithocapture.
adj
(geology, chemistry) Relating to the chemistry of rocks / stones
n
The chemistry of rocks or stones.
adj
(geology) Involved in or leading to the formation of rocks.
n
The condition of being lithogenic
n
The formation of rock; lithogenesis.
adj
Relating to lithoglyptics.
adj
Relating to litholatry
adj
Pertaining to lithology.
adj
Relating to lithomancy.
adj
(of a soil) Dominated by rock.
adj
Relating to lithosols.
adj
Relating to a macrolith
adj
(geology) Relating to, or composed of a macromerite
n
Any mineral (element or inorganic compound) that the body needs in relatively large amounts
adj
Pertaining to magma or magmatism.
adj
(geology) Relating to magmatology
adj
(geology) Relating to, or formed in the Earth's mantle
adj
Relating to or containing metabasalt.
n
(physics) Any of multiple regions whose spatial energy distribution has the form of a basin
adj
Of the nature of metadolerite.
adj
(chemistry) Relating to, or resembling, a metal; metallic.
n
(geology) The formation of distinct metal ores
adj
(geology) Occurring in an ore as a native metal rather than as a compound such as silicate, carbonate etc.
adj
(metallurgy) Of or relating to metallurgy, the study of metals and their properties.
adj
Characterised by or exhibiting a change in form or character.
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to metasomatism.
n
A replacing mineral where one mineral grows in size at the expense of another.
adj
(geology) Relating to metataxis
adj
Of or relating to meteorolites.
adj
That splits off methyl groups
adj
cultivated by microcultivation
adj
Relating to, or composed of microdolerite
adj
Alternative form of microgranitic [Of or relating to microgranite.]
n
(archaeology) A microlith
adj
Of or relating to microlite.
adj
Of or relating to micromonzonite.
adj
(mineralogy) Relating to or consisting of microspar (small, well-defined crystals, usually carbonate).
n
(geology) A microscopic stromatolite; a rock composed of such organisms
n
(geology, paleontology) Microscopic deposits of tephra.
adj
(geology) Having one or more microterraces
adj
Of or pertaining to William Hallowes Miller (1801-1880), British mineralogist, or his works, especially on crystallography.
adj
(mineralogy) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
n
Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).
n
The range of minerals in a diet or a rock.
n
One versed in minerals; a mineralogist.
adj
Obsolete form of mineral. [of, related to, or containing minerals]
n
A treatise on mineralogy.
n
(geology) The formation of minerals.
adj
(geology) formed by minerogenesis
adj
Of or resembling a monolith.
adj
Of or relating to a single kind of mineral.
adj
(geology) composed of a single mineral
adj
(geology) Composed of a single mineral
adj
(mineralogy) Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction.
n
(geology) The genesis of petroleum, natural gas etc.
n
(geology) The formation of new minerals.
adj
(Of water) Having few dissolved minerals.
adj
Composed of both organic and mineral components
n
(geology) The formation of minerals in contact, so as to affect one another's development.
n
(mineralogy) A kind of pseudomorph in which there has been a change of physical characteristics without alteration of chemical composition, as in the change of aragonite to calcite.
n
(geology) a change in the physical structure of a mineral without any chemical change
n
(mineralogy) paramorphism
adj
(mineralogy) Relating to, or exhibiting, paramorphism.
n
(soil science) An aggregate of soil particles that forms a structural unit in soil.
n
(geology) The process of forming a cementation from soil by the precipitation from groundwater of a crystalline matrix.
n
soil perturbation that is not caused by illuviation
n
Alternative form of pedoturbation [soil perturbation that is not caused by illuviation]
n
(geology) The condition of being peralkaline
n
(mineralogy) The outer mineral that encloses an endomorph.
n
The branch of petrology dealing with the origin of igneous rocks.
adj
Of or pertaining to petrology.
n
A layer in a body of water in which the phosphate concentration changes rapidly with depth
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to ground water; (volcanology) involving explosively rapid heating of ground water by magma.
adj
Alternative form of polymineralic [(geology) composed of more than one mineral]
adj
(obsolete, geology) amorphous (rather than crystalline)
adj
Of or crafted from porphyry.
adj
(geology) Relating to a pseudokarst
adj
(mineralogy) Falsely or imperfectly metallic in lustre.
n
A pseudomorph of a mineral
n
(geology, mineralogy) A mineral that formed by replacement of an existing mineral (or organic matter) such that the new mineral has the appearance and dimensions of the original.
n
(chiefly mineralogy) A change of substance without any change in appearance; the formation of a pseudomorph.
n
A layer of water where the density changes rapidly with depth
adj
Having the shape of pyrites.
n
the art of using a blowpipe, and often a charcoal block, to analyse minerals and metal salts
adj
Relating to, or containing pyrites
n
(dated) The characteristics of a substance, especially of a mineral or metal salt, that are revealed by heat, especially by the use of a blowpipe and a charcoal block.
n
A layer of water, having a strong vertical redox gradient, between the upper oxygenated and lower anoxic water
n
(chemistry) The concentration of salt in a solution.
adj
(mineralogy) Homogenous.
n
The subdiscipline of soil science that studies the solid inorganic phases controlling physicochemical processes in soils and sediments.
adj
(geology) Relating to, or composed of speleothems
n
Alternative form of speleothem [(geology) Any secondary mineral, deposited in a natural cave by the action of water.]
adj
of or relating to spherulite
adj
(geology) Having, or relating to, stalactites.
adj
(geology) Of or relating to a stromatolite.
adj
Of or pertaining to supergranules.
adj
(geology) Relating to, or formed by tectonics and sedimentation
n
(geology) The process of erosion and oxidation that occurs when sedimentary rocks undergo uplift
adj
(geology) Caused by the action of seawater
n
(geography) A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature changes rapidly with depth.
n
thermohaline circulation
n
(geography) A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature and salinity change rapidly with depth; a layer that is a combination of a thermocline and halocline.
adj
Pertaining to a trilith.
adj
Of, pertaining to or containing, trilobites.
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to tripolite.
adj
(geology, biochemistry) Relating to truncation.
n
(geology) A udic orthent
adj
Mineralogy. Approximating, resembling, or taking the place of a fundamental crystalline form or face.
n
(geochemistry, often in the plural) A shift in stable isotope fractionation in biominerals from what is expected from the environmental conditions which is due to biological action.
adj
Synonym of pyroclastic
adj
(geology) Having anhedral crystals
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