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  1. The study of minerals. The classification of
  2. minerals is based chiefly on their chemical
  3. composition and the kind of chemical bonding
  4. that holds these atoms together. The
  5. mineralogist also studies their
  6. crystallographic and physical characters,
  7. occurrence, and mode of formation.
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