assay tests on rock samples.... usually varied standard methods of testing exist at good assay labs place for testing different rock samples for specific minerals
The purpose is to discover how the rocks and minerals were formed and what the rocks and minerals are made of.
Geologists are people who study rocks and minerals.
Igneous rocks.Sedimentary rocks.Metamorphic rocks.
That would be a geologist? Or if you wanted a name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geologists
A petrologist studies the history and structure of rocks. Geologists and paleontologists also have great interest in rocks.
The purpose is to discover how the rocks and minerals were formed and what the rocks and minerals are made of.
Rocks are to geologists as stars are to astronomers.
Geologists don't use rocks, they study them.
Geologists study rocks.
Geologists are people who study rocks and minerals.
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Geologists.
Geologists classify metamorphic rocks by the arrangements of the grains that make up the rocks.
zimzy rocks
A petrophile.Actually, dating of rocks is usually done by geologists or geochemists; I am not aware of a more specialized term than those.
Geologists are best described as studying rocks. These geologists may be studying rock features or impacts made on rocks for example.
Geologists study the origins, physical history, and structure of earth.