Chris L Peterson wrote:
I think that the term "lithology" is already formally defined to
include the study of the solid matter of a celestial body, so it is
a good choice g.

Ahh, well, if it wasn't worth re-inventing, it couldn't have been worth
inventing in the first place.

Brian Tung
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