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Definition of Petrographer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petrographer
Literary usage of Petrographer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Petrography: With Special Reference to the Igneous Rocks by Jethro Justinian Harms Teall (1888)
"The rock specimen with which the petrographer deals in his laboratory is, therefore,
only a fragment ; and his object should be not merely to describe the ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"The determinations of the minor constituents not only render the analyses more
precise, but also aid the petrographer in his discussion of ..."
3. Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1911)
"For the petrographer a chemical analysis of a mineral is needed for the purpose
of determining the exact composition of a mineral which is a mixed salt or ..."
4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1898)
"With the introduction of improved methods of examination by the petrographer,
... The petrographer, again, should seek to have his analyses made as complete ..."
5. Petrographic Methods: The Authorized English Translation of Part I by Ernst Weinschenk, Robert Watson Clark (1912)
"In a way, a petrographer is at a disadvantage because, in the investigation of
slides, he has to deal with sections orientated at random while in the ..."
6. Rock Minerals, Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1906)
"For the petrographer a chemical analysis of a mineral is needed for the purpose
of determining the exact composition of a ..."
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