Her father was a professor from the University of Oxford who had come to Australia to study minerals, married there, and decided to stay.

Author of many works of botany he also studied animals (in particular birds) and minerals.

Mineralogists are geologists who study minerals, their atomic arrangements, crystalline structures and shapes.

I studied minerals to discover fossilized bones to aid my search for creatures supposedly extinct.

Friedrich Mohs was a scientist who studied minerals and rocks, a German minerologist.

He was one of the first people to study mining and minerals (stones and gems).

"I studied light-emitting minerals as part of a geology course," Karla said.

Krasheninnikov was to study plants, animals and minerals, but in addition he developed a strong interest in Siberian history and geography.

William Frederick Petterd was an amateur who studied minerals in Tasmania.

The company has 70 researchers that study ayurvedic herbs and minerals.