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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 14y agohttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_do_you_call_a_rock_collector well....Rock collector or rock hound is what collectors use with each other. A geologist collects rocks, but for scientific study, not as a hobby. You might also have been thinking of a lapidarist, though technically that's someone who is an expert...
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∙ 9y agoAmateur geology (known as rockhounding in the United States and Canada) is the recreational study and hobby of collecting rocks and mineral specimens from their natural environment. The first amateur geologists were prospectors looking for valuable minerals and gemstones for commercial purposes. Eventually, however, more and more people have been drawn to amateur geology for recreational purposes, mainly for the beauty that rocks and minerals provide.
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∙ 15y agoWell rock collector is a good term but if you make it your profession to collect and study rocks you are called a petrologist. A Rockhound.
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∙ 16y agorock hound
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A person who studies rocks and collects them for fun?
A geologist is a person who studies rocks and rock formations. A rock collector or a rock hound is a person who collects rocks for fun.
Is the name given to molten rock below the Earth's surface.?
Magma. Magma rises towards the surface when it's less dense than rock around it. Otherwise, it collects in magma chambers and cools, forming igneous rock.
What is the name of the underground area where the rainwater collects in the spaces between the rock particles?
It is an aquifer.
What is the term for a rock collector?
A person that collects stones is called a rock collector or rock hound. A lapidarist is an expert on precious stones and the cutting and engraving of them.
A person who studies and collects rocks fr fun?
Rockhound. Those who study this professionally are called petrologists.
What names is given to the molten rock below the earths surface?
Magma. Magma rises towards the surface when it's less dense than rock around it. Otherwise, it collects in magma chambers and cools, forming igneous rock.
What is the nake given to mopten rock below the earths surface?
If you mean name given to molten rock then the answer is magma
Where molten rock collects underground?
magma chamber
What is actual name of THE ROCK?
"The Rock" was the name given to the prison island of Alcatraz in San Francisco bay. It is also used as a name for Gibraltar.
What name is given to someone who collects beach stones?
I call myself a rock-hound when checking the shapes, patterns of lines and cracks, and different types of rocks compressed together on Manitoulin Islands North West shoreline. Glacial movement of years gone by created very unique and different sized stones and boulders here. Its a rock-hounds picnic area.
What molten rock collects in a chamber beneath a volcano?
Magma.
What is the name given to the molten rock which follows from a volcano?
Lava .
