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# mineralogist

noun (a mineralogist, mineralogists)

«mineralogist» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A scientist who studies minerals — the natural solid materials such as quartz, salt and gold that make up rocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mineralogist/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in science lessons about rocks and crystals and in careers talk. A mineralogist tests a mineral's hardness, colour, streak and crystal shape. Related words: mineral, mineralogy (the science), geologist (who studies rocks and the Earth as a whole).

### Examples

- A mineralogist looked at the shiny crystal under a lens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mineralogist/#x1)
- My aunt is a mineralogist at the museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mineralogist/#x2)
- The mineralogist said the «gold» was really fool's gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mineralogist/#x3)
- Mineralogists use a scale of hardness from 1 to 10. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mineralogist/#x4)
- I want to be a mineralogist when I grow up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mineralogist/#x5)
- The mineralogist scratched the rock to test it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mineralogist/#x6)

### Note

Say «min-er-AL-o-jist» (the stress moves from MIN-eral). Spelling: mineral + -ogist (not «minerologist»). A geologist studies the whole Earth; a mineralogist studies minerals.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mineralogist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mineralogist/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mineralogist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mineralogist.html) on Mova free.