Mineralogist

noun

noun ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An expert in mineralogy.
  2. 2
    a scientist trained in mineralogy wordnet

Example

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"In 1865, the Danish geologist and mineralogist Johan Georg Forchhammer, with the help of naval and civilian collaborators, collected numerous samples of seawater from the Northern Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean. He wanted to determine why the salinity of seawater varies in different areas of the ocean."

Etymology

From mineral + -logist. Compare later mineralogy and French minéralogiste.

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