rock hound
Americannoun
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a geologist.
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an amateur collector of rocks, fossils, or minerals.
Etymology
Origin of rock hound
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
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As a boy, I was a rock hound, and I learned how to identify minerals with the Mohs hardness test, named after the mineralogist who invented it.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 3, 2021
As a full-time rock hound for more than a decade, Major has seen the culture go through something of a crystal craze.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
I'm not enough of a rock hound to know.
From The Flaming Mountain by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
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