mineralogist
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- noun
- /ˌmɪnəˈrælədʒɪst/
- Specialized
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mineralogista
- A geologist and mineralogist by training, he had been a member of the scientific team on the famous circumnavigation of the globe by the Austrian frigate Novara in 1857-1859.
Examples
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The Mohs scale was named after Friedrich Mohs (1773-1839), a German mineralogist who defined the measure.
Academic text (1993) -
At the University of Huelva, I talk with mineralogist Reinaldo Saez Ramos, whose studies combine archaeology and geology.
Academic text (2010) -
Well, you see, Father is a mineralogist from the old country.
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I'm just a poor mineralogist.
Fiction book (1990) -
But you're a brilliant mineralogist.
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Tracy Costa, their chief mineralogist, had been the first to go.
Fiction book (1999) -
A mineralogist explores the origins of Mesoamerican jade.
Academic text (1992) -
By the time the specimens reached Mike Zolensky, a mineralogist at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, they had never been above the freezing point.
Academic text (2001) -
The late Richard Hay, a mineralogist with a lifetime of experience studying volcanic rocks, and I made detailed, microscopic observations of the tuffs sampled from ancient Roman quarries.
Academic text (2007) -
The mineralogist studied the unique crystal structures found in the region's rocks.
How Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
mineralogist = mineralogy (semi-transparent) = mineral + logy + ist
Mineralogy is a recognizable intermediate base meaning the study of minerals, and adding -ist yields a person who specializes in that field.
Etymology
The word mineralogist joins mineral, meaning 'rock material', and -logist, from a root meaning 'study', as in geologist or biologist. So a mineralogist is a scientist who 'studies' minerals and what they are like.