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Webster 1913 Edition


Mineralogist

Minˊer-al′o-gist

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
minéralogiste
.]
1.
One versed in mineralogy; one devoted to the study of minerals.
2.
(Zool.)
A carrier shell (
Phorus
).

Webster 1828 Edition


Mineralogist

MINERAL'OGIST

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