Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is versed in petrography, or the study of rocks.
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- noun A person practicing
petrography .
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Examples
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In view of the uncertainty on this point and the further fact that almost all the cavate lodges heretofore found were excavated in tufa, ash, or other soft volcanic deposits, the report of Mr. Joseph S. Diller, petrographer of the U.S.
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This is one of the newer special phases of geology which for a long time was regarded as the plaything of the petrographer or student of rocks.
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