lithology

Etymology

From litho- + -ology.

lithology means the study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

noun

The study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification.
The general composition of a rock or rock sequence.“The ‘monomict’ meteorites are samples of a single lithology while the polymict meteorites are those containing two or more lithologies.”