What do you call someone who studies rocks/ looks at different types of rock?

Question

I need it for my physics :)

Answer 1

If you want someone who only looks at specific rock specimens then it is either a petrologist or lithologist depending on whether you're thinking of on micro or macroscopic scales.

Answer 2

Geologist

Answer 3

Geologist is a general term for someone who studies the earth and would encompass specialisms such as paleontology (study of ancient life and fossils) and Mineralogy which is the study of rocks and the minerals they contain. In the UK, Mineralogist would be a more common term, though Petrologist is also a term for someone who studies rocks.

Answer 4

For the "geology" type of rock it's a geologist. For the "musical" type of rock I'd think that's a musicologist.

Answer 5

rockman.lol.(just joking)

its a geologist

Answer 6

Geologists

Answer 7

A Rocker

Answer 8

A Geologist. Palientologist studies Dino's n such.

Answer 9

Geologist, but you must have known that already since you asked the question in "Earth Sciences and Geology".

Answer 10

A GEOLOGIIIIIIIIIIST. or a rock-ist ;) xx

Answer 11

A petrologist is more correct answer. Petrology is a branch of Geology that deals with rocks (petros = rocks). A geologist scientifically studies the earth and its different processes.  

Answer 12

its a petrologist not a geologist as some people might think

hope this helps:)  

Answer 13

a geologist. nickname rock hound.