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Petrologist

Petrologist \Pe*trol"o*gist\, n. One who is versed in petrology.

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petrologist

n. A geologist who specializes in petrology

Usage examples of "petrologist".

Karaman, the petrologist, sat in the laboratory swirling a dark and tarry liquid about in a glass flask.

Like photogeologists, for instance, who work from photographs, and petrologists, who treat their rocks like lab specimens, and geochemists and geophysicists.