matter, inorganic matter, brute matter, inanimate matter.
[Science of the mineral kingdom] mineralogy, geology, geognosy†,
geoscopy†; metallurgy, metallography†; lithology; oryctology†,
oryctography†.
V. turn to dust; mineralize, fossilize.
Adj. inorganic, inanimate, inorganized†; lithoidal†; azoic; mineral.