Sarah Parcak

Satellites record data in different parts of the light spectrum that we can't see. And it's that information that allows satellites to be so powerful in terms of looking at things like vegetation health, finding different kinds of geology that may indicate an oil deposit or some kind of mineralogical deposit that can be mined.

American Scientist

Used mostly in scientific contexts related to geology and earth sciences.

Specialized Topic

It's not used in casual conversation; typical in academic and professional settings.

Not Everyday Language

Don't confuse 'mineralogical' with 'meteorological', which relates to weather.

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 image get colored in a moment so we have channel systems that flow down into this fracture we're going to zoom in now to a very small area a little postage stamp on the surface where we also have mineralogical data we use hyperspectral sensors infrared data from orbit to map

Bethany Ehlmann:...

 under the surface of the earth. It is largely unexplored, poorly understood, and the stuff of legends. But it is made also of dramatic landscapes like this huge underground chamber, and it is rich with surprising biological and mineralogical worlds.

Mineralogical