Lithogenesy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lithogenesy \Lith`o*gen"e*sy\, n. [Litho- Gr. ge`nesis origin,
     generation: cf. F. lithog['e]n['e]sie. See {Genesis}.]
     The doctrine or science of the origin of the minerals
     composing the globe.
     [1913 Webster]