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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who specializes in geology.
- noun One who collects rocks and minerals, especially gemstones, as a hobby.
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- noun idiomatic A person who collects rocks and
minerals from the natural environment as ahobby .
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treeseed commented on the word rock hound
Rockhounding is the recreational collecting of rocks and/or mineral specimens from their natural environment. Rock hound, one such collector.
January 31, 2008