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gemmology

gemmology noun: the branch of mineralogy that studies mineral gems and petrified gemstones.

Noun

gemmology (uncountable)

  1. The branch of mineralogy that studies mineral gems and petrified gemstones.

gemmology meaning in Tamil

gemmology in Tamil

மணி இயல்

Forms of gemmology

alternative formgemology

Origin of gemmology

From Latin gemma (“gem”) + -logy (“science”).

Words formed from gemmology

Questions about gemmology

What does gemmology mean?
Gemmology means the branch of mineralogy that studies mineral gems and petrified gemstones.
What is gemmology in Tamil?
Gemmology in Tamil is மணி இயல். See Gemmology meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gemmology?
Gemmology is a noun.

Words near gemmology in the dictionary

  1. gemmiparously
  2. gemmoid
  3. gemmological
  4. gemmologist
  5. gemmologists
  6. gemmology
  7. gemmotherapeutic
  8. gemmotherapies
  9. gemmotherapy
  10. gemms
  11. gemmula

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gemmology (page history and authors); gemmology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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