Usually means: Study of the origin of ores.
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▸ noun:  (geology) The branch of geology concerned with the study of the formation of mineral deposits

Similar:
metallogenesis, minerogenesis, magnetostratigraphy, mineralogy, biomineralogy, lithogeochemistry, miner., neogenesis, mineralography, organomineralization, more...

Opposite:
non-metallogeny, non-metallic, non-metal-bearing

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Similar:
metallogenesis, minerogenesis, magnetostratigraphy, mineralogy, biomineralogy, lithogeochemistry, miner., neogenesis, mineralography, organomineralization, more...

Opposite:
non-metallogeny, non-metallic, non-metal-bearing



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