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mineralogist

American  
[min-uh-rahl-uhj-ist] / ˌmɪn əˈrɑl ədʒ ɪst /

noun

  1. a scientist in the field of mineralogy.


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The co-authors themselves represent a unique multi-disciplinary configuration: three philosophers of science, two astrobiologists, a data scientist, a mineralogist, and a theoretical physicist.

From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2023

Post pointed out that James Smithson, the Smithsonian’s founding donor, was a mineralogist, whose collection came to the institution.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2023

“Call it an insurance policy,” says Susanne Schwenzer, a planetary mineralogist at the Open University and a member of the MSR campaign science group.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 20, 2022

While writing this column, I began to remember why, as a boy, I fantasized about becoming a mineralogist.

From Scientific American • Sep. 3, 2021

It is heavy enough that it requires both the assistant director and the mineralogist to lift: it out.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr