Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who is skilled in petrology.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who is versed in petrology.

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  • noun A geologist who specializes in petrology

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Examples

  • Chatting to others in her office I found that one off them was ex-Birkbeck and the other informed me that the igneous petrologist might indeed now be interested in my project as she has become obsessed with meteoritics - this is useful info.

    Snell-Pym » 2008 » September 2008

  • Chatting to others in her office I found that one off them was ex-Birkbeck and the other informed me that the igneous petrologist might indeed now be interested in my project as she has become obsessed with meteoritics - this is useful info.

    Snell-Pym » The Moon: a Geologist’s Tale 2008

  • "You could give this to any petrologist or geologist or astronomer on earth, they would run tests, and they would tell you two things: one, it is 190 million years old; and two, it is chemically dissimilar from the kind of rock we have here on earth."

    Deception Point Brown, Dan, 1964- 2001

  • "I'm not a chemical petrologist, but as I understand it, there are numerous chemical differences between the rock Pollock found and actual meteorites."

    Deception Point Brown, Dan, 1964- 2001

  • “You could give this to any petrologist or geologist or astronomer on earth, they would run tests, and they would tell you two things: one, it is 190 million years old; and two, it is chemically dissimilar from the kind of rock we have here on earth.”

    Deception Point Dan Brown 2001

  • Although I'm no expert, I think this is limestone, and the petrologist said we're looking for limestone.

    Cold Case White, Stephen, 1951- 2000

  • Although I'm no expert, I think this is limestone, and the petrologist said we're looking for limestone.

    Cold Case White, Stephen, 1951- 2000

  • Although I'm no expert, I think this is limestone, and the petrologist said we're looking for limestone.

    Cold Case White, Stephen, 1951- 2000

  • Palaeozoic rocks of Brittany and of northern Spain; and on the granitic and metamorphic rocks of Brittany, Dr Barrois has proved himself an accomplished petrologist as well as palaeontologist and field-geologist.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various

  • Farfa; Marianus Victorius (1572, for a few days), a distinguished writer and petrologist; Giorgio Bolognetti (1639), restored the episcopal palace and was distinguished for his charity; Gabrielle

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

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