Associations to the word «Lithology»

Wiktionary

LITHOLOGY, noun. The study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification.
LITHOLOGY, noun. The general composition of a rock or rock sequence.

Dictionary definition

LITHOLOGY, noun. The branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King