Just curious-- is an ingotologist the same as a mineral geologist?
I was taking a look at the recent issue of Coin World, and I saw an ad by Kagin's. Now don't get me wrong. I love Kagin's. They are a firm filled with complete numismatic professionals. On staff they have a very knowledgable numismatist who posts here (David McCarthy, who I like a lot), and some major players with the formal qualifications to back it up. Kagin's is the only firm with a Ph.D. in Numismatics--Dr. Kagin. (I spent three years getting my doctorate degree, and another year getting a post doctorate degree, and I still long for the day when people refer to me as Dr. Longacre). Also on staff is another person with incredible credentials. Fred Holabird was listed in previous ads as an ingotologist (which, I assume, is an expert in gold and silver ingots). In the recent ad, he is listed as a mining geologist.
Does anyone know if he has both certifications, or is the "base" degree the mining geology degree, and then it took additional special study to get the ingotologist degree?
Does anyone know if he has both certifications, or is the "base" degree the mining geology degree, and then it took additional special study to get the ingotologist degree?
Always took candy from strangers
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
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Is it possible to get a real degree in a course of study that isn't a real word?
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Also, the degrees that would approximate this would either by "Mining Engineering" or simply "Geology". As a geology student, you could specialize in mining or as a civil/mining engineering student you could specialize in mineralogy.
As far as "ingotologist", I think this is a made-up word for somebody who studies ingots.
I have a degree in Economic Geology, which is a masters degree above the general 4-year BS in Geology. So I guess you could say I have a "mining geology degree" but us geology geeks prefer to be called Economic Geologists. Similar, someone with an engineering degree would be Mine Engineer.