Etym: [So called by Werner after the English mineralogist F.
The general term "dripstone" is conveniently applied to all these deposits, and their finer varieties are known to the mineralogist as "oriental alabaster.
No covetous hand is allowed to pluck the marvelous vintage of Mary's Vineyard; which, after all, the mineralogist explains as simply calcium carbonate coated with the black oxide of iron.
The mineralogist explained to him what he should do in order to obtain legal rights to the mine, and gave him much good advice, also.
I suppose when the minister came home and began working the mine he found that the mineralogist had misinformed him.
Before parting, they all agreed that the minister should go to Falun and ask the mineralogist there what kind of ore this might be.
Hence, as early as February, Bering applied to Steller and tried to induce him to take upon himself the duties of naturalist and mineralogist on this expedition.
The mineralogist obtains his accurate measurements by means of an instrument known as the goniometer.
Its crystalline form affords an unfailing means to the mineralogist of recognizing the substance as quartz.
To the researches of the naturalist and mineralogist the Seven Mountains offer inexhaustible resources.
So called by Werner after the English mineralogist F.
So late a mineralogist as Hill (1750) held this view, which seemed to be general.
So much was this the case later on, that Henckel, the leading mineralogist of the 18th Century, entitled his large volume Pyritologia, and in it embraces practically all the sulphide minerals then known.
The present narrative does not exhibit the author in his capacity of mineralogist alone.
This gathering was a propitious circumstance for my explorations; no mineralogist had ever visited the country.
I said I was; I am more than an engineer, I am a mineralogist and a geologist.
I ain't a mineralogist or geologist or a civil engineer, and I am afraid my find won't amount to much, but it is worth investigation, and as you are able to estimate we will make a start.
The attributes of a practical mineralogist aided him greatly in the culture of a branch of geology to which Delesse has rendered eminent services, in the recognition of rocks of igneous origin and of others allied to them.
Oh, no, the mineralogisthad not fooled him," said the parson.
It turned out, of course, that when he got home and began working the mine, he saw that the mineralogist had only been fooling him," said the King.
The mineralogist began telling him how he should go to work to get legal rights to the mine and gave him many valuable suggestions; but the parson stood there dazed and didn't listen to what he was saying.
The mineralogist said it was silver ore that we had found.
Then the mineralogist came up closer, slapped the parson on the shoulder, and said, 'Let us see that you make such good use of this that it will prove a blessing both to yourselves and to the country, for this is silver.
It can show those who remember him as he was that Grenfell the assayer and mineralogist can still look round a mineral basin and tell just where the gold should be.
It is only necessary to add, that I was honored with the appointment of mineralogist and geologist to the expedition, in which capacity I kept the following journal.
As you had seen a Scotch mineralogist directly from the mint of Playfair, I had every reason to suppose you had received correct views of Playfair's notions on the subject.
To accomplish these objects, it was proposed to attach to the expedition a topographical engineer, an astronomer, a physician, and a mineralogist and geologist, and some other scientific observers.
The geologist and mineralogist and meteorologist will find much here to interest them, and clear up doubtful points.
Schoolcraft, of whom we are to hear later, as mineralogist at one dollar and a half a day.
Schoolcraft, mineralogist of Cass’s expedition in 1820, was by no means satisfied that Cass Lake was the true source of the great river.
I freely confess that I was exceedingly fond of geology and all its kindred sciences; the blood of a mineralogist was in my veins, and in the midst of my specimens I was always happy.
Our German companion was a first-class mineralogist and an excellent comrade--and cook; but he deeply resented the appellation of Kaiser, which Mac bestowed upon him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mineralogist" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
