rock hound
Example Sentences
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As a boy, I was a rock hound, and I learned how to identify minerals with the Mohs hardness test, named after the mineralogist who invented it.
From Scientific American • Sep. 3, 2021
As a full-time rock hound for more than a decade, Major has seen the culture go through something of a crystal craze.
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2021
I'm not enough of a rock hound to know.
From The Flaming Mountain by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
