noun. One who is versed in the science of minerals, or one who treats or discourses of the properties of mineral bodies.

noun. In conchology, a conchologist or carrier-shell; any member of the family Xenophoridæ (or Phoridæ). See cut under carrier-shell.

noun. One versed in mineralogy; one devoted to the study of minerals.

noun. A carrier shell (Phorus).

noun. A person expert in mineralogy.

noun. a scientist trained in mineralogy

"“We are in the midst of another tremendous era of reclassification — like the scientists of the 18th century,” says Robert Downs, a mineralogist who with his University of Arizona colleague Bonner Denton, a chemist, has spearheaded the development of Raman technology."

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