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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class III. Words Relating to Matter
Section III. Organic Matter
1. Vitality
1. Vitality in general

358. Inorganization.

   NOUN:MINERAL KINGDOM, mineral world; unorganized -, inorganic -, brute -, inanimate- matter.
  [SCIENCE OF THE MINERAL KINGDOM] mineralogy, geology, geognosy, geoscopy, metallurgy, metallography, lithology, petrology, oryctology [obs.], oryctography [obs.].
   VERB:MINERALIZE; pulverize, turn to dust.
   ADJECTIVE:INORGANIC, inanimate, unorganized or inorganized, lithoid or lithoidal; azoic; mineral.