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Mineralogist   Listen
noun
Mineralogist  n.  
1.
One versed in mineralogy; one devoted to the study of minerals.
2.
(Zool.) A carrier shell (Phorus).





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... bibliographical interest. In many ways greatest of all was Conrad Gesner, whose mors inopinata at forty-nine, bravely fighting the plague, is so touchingly and tenderly mourned by his friend Caius.(2) Physician, botanist, mineralogist, geologist, chemist, the first great modern bibliographer, he is the very embodiment of the spirit of the age.(2a) On the flyleaf of my copy of the "Bibliotheca Universalis" (1545), is written a fine tribute to his memory. ...
— The Evolution of Modern Medicine • William Osler


Words linked to "Mineralogist" :   scientist, mineralogy


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