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chemical analysis to
describe the
composition and
texture of rocks.
Petrologists also
include the
principles of
geochemistry and
geophysics through the...
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Igneous petrology is the
study of
igneous rocks—those that are
formed from magma. As a
branch of geology,
igneous petrology is
closely related to volcanology...
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mostly translucent.
Sugilite was
first described in 1944 by the ****anese
petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi (1901–1948) for an
occurrence on
Iwagi Islet, ****an, where...
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Alfred Harker FRS (19
February 1859 – 28 July 1939) was an
English geologist who
specialised in
petrology and
interpretive petrography. He was lecturer...
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their motion In
addition to
identifying rocks in the
field (lithology),
petrologists identify rock
samples in the laboratory. Two of the
primary methods for...
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volcanic materials that make up the
solid Earth are
referred to as
igneous petrologists. The word
volcanologist (or vulcanologist) is
derived from the English...
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Cornwall Norman L.
Bowen (1887–1956), Canadian,
pioneer experimental petrologist Scipione Breislak (1748–1826),
Italian mineralogist and geologist, pioneer...
- André Fouqué (21 June 1828 – 7
March 1904) was a
French geologist and
petrologist. He was born at Mortain, in the
Manche département. At the age of twenty-one...
- 28, 1948, in Winchester, M****achusetts) is an
American geochemist and
petrologist. He is an
expert on
stable isotope geochemistry,
especially as applied...
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sedimentary rocks devised by
Robert L. Folk, an
influential sedimentary petrologist and
Professor Emeritus at the
University of Texas. Folk's philosophy...
