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Definition of Petrography
1. n. The art of writing on stone.
Definition of Petrography
1. Noun. (petrology) the branch of petrology that deals with the scientific description and classification of rocks ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Petrography
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Medical Definition of Petrography
1. 1. The art of writing on stone. 2. The scientific description of rocks; that department of science which investigates the constitution of rocks; petrology. Origin: Petro. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petrography
Literary usage of Petrography
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"petrography.—The subject of descriptive geology is conveniently divided into ...
petrography is the description of rocks. It is placed first because a ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"petrography.1 petrography of the Marquette Iron Range. ... Michigan, give accounts
of the petrography of the Archean and of the Algonkian rocks occurring in ..."
3. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"Work of this kind is merely an extension of petrography to the sedimentary rocks;
yet it has hitherto been so little practised that most geologists hearing ..."
4. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1907)
"petrography OF SOME ROCKS FROM BENGUET PROVINCE, LUZON, PI1 By WARREN I). SMITH.
(From the Division of Mines, Bureau of Science.) CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1907)
"The Geology and petrography of the Goldfield Mining- District, Nevada. BY JOHN B.
HASTINGS, DENVER, COLO., AND CHARLES P. BERKEY, NEW YORK, NY (Bethlehem ..."
6. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1889)
"... work on petrography.—The writer after considerable study on the subject, ...
on the difficult science of microscopic petrography remains to b6 written. ..."
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