記き載さい岩がん石せき学がく

noun

petrography; description and classification of rocks

Technical term in geology for the systematic description and classification of rocks, especially in hand specimen and thin section.

• 記き載さい岩がん石せき学がくは、岩がん石せきの組そ織しきや鉱こう物ぶつ組そ成せいを詳しょう細さいに記き録ろくする学がく問もんです。

  Petrography is the discipline that records the texture and mineral composition of rocks in detail.