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Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary

Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary

Les roches et le minéraux

On this page you will find a complete list of French vocabulary words for rocks and minerals. The good news is that almost all of the words associated with geology (la géologie) in English and French come directly from Latin and therefore are almost all the same. For example, granite is “le granit” and nickel is “le nickel”.

Rocks & Minerals
  • les roches rocks
  • l’obsidienne obsidian
  • sédimentaire sedimentary
  • le silex flint
  • le grès sandstone
  • le marbre marble
  • les gemmes gems
  • le jade jade
  • la toumaline toumaline
  • la pierre de lune moonstone
  • l‘améthyste amethyst
  • l’onyx onyx
  • la turquoise turquoise
  • la calcite calcite
  • le quartz quartz
  • l’argent silver
  • le nickel nickel
  • l’aluminium aluminium
  • les minéraux minerals
  • le basalte basalt
  • le calcaire limestone
  • le charbon coal
  • méamorphique metamorphic
  • le schiste schist
  • le rubis ruby
  • l’émeraude emerald
  • le topaze topaz
  • l’opale opal
  • le rubis ruby
  • l’agate agate
  • la malachite malachite
  • le souphre sulpher
  • les métaux metals
  • le platine platinum
  • le zinc zinc
  • l’étain tin
  • le granit granite
  • la pierre ponce pumice
  • la craie chalk
  • le conglomérat conglomerate
  • le gneiss gneiss
  • l’ardoise slate
  • l’aigue-marine aquamarine
  • le saphir saphire
  • le grenat garnet
  • le jais jet
  • les minéraux minerals
  • la graphite graphite
  • l’hématite hematite
  • le mica mica
  • l’or gold
  • le fer iron
  • le mercure mercury
  • le cuivre copper

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David Issokson is a lifelong language learner and speaks over seven languages. Of all the languages he speaks, he's the most passionate about French! David has helped hundreds of students to improve their French in his private lessons. When not teaching or writing his French Word of the Day lessons, David enjoys his time skiing, hiking and mountain biking in Victor, Idaho.

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David Issokson

David Issokson is a lifelong language learner and speaks over seven languages. Of all the languages he speaks, he's the most passionate about French! David has helped hundreds of students to improve their French in his private lessons. When not teaching or writing his French Word of the Day lessons, David enjoys his time skiing, hiking and mountain biking in Victor, Idaho.

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