Noun
One versed in mineralogy; one devoted to the study of minerals.
A carrier shell (Phorus).
Source: Webster's dictionaryA revised nomenclature for the tourmaline group was published in 2011. citation Erratum: American Mineralogist (2013), Volume 98, page 524. Frank C. Hawthorne and Dona M. Dirlam. Source: Internet
In 1825 the government of the Dutch-Indies provided him with two assistants: apothecary and mineralogist Heinrich Bürger (his later successor) and the painter Carl Hubert de Villeneuve. Source: Internet
American Mineralogist 61:1001–1004 The maximum birefringence δ is 0.15 and the measured value of 2V is 7°, calculated 12° to 8°. Source: Internet
Henry G. Hanks, 1884, Fourth Annual Report of the State Mineralogist, California State Mining Bureau, p.287. Source: Internet
German mineralogist Richard Nacken (1884–1971) achieved some success during the 1930s and 1940s. Source: Internet
Notes: * In 1847, in the cumulative index of volume 3 of his series, Traité de minéralogie, French mineralogist Armand Dufrénoy listed the hydrated alumina from Les Beaux as "beauxite". Source: Internet