It is a book for training geologists not mineralogists.
Those are the factors which a strategic mineralogist must look at when he is assessing his own particular strategy.
That is the approach of a strategic mineralogist.
We use the subject of strategic minerals in training strategic mineralogists and mining engineers.
Being a strategic mineralogist means that one belongs to a somewhat cynical profession, because a good strategist bases his work on distrust and suspicion of the motives of his competitors.
As he pointed out, given the chance to operate with our expertise we could, as entrepreneurial mineralogists, once again be supreme in the world of the mineral markets.
He had many careers and avocations throughout his life, including farmer, cattle rancher, surveyor, and mineralogist.
The expedition was also to carry a full complement of naturalists, including a mineralogist and, to assist him, a practical miner.