elkerite

English

Noun

elkerite (plural elkerites)

  1. (mineralogy) A subgroup of pyrobitumens rich in oxygen and partly soluble in alkali, resembling an earthy brown coal and probably representing a product of intense weathering of bitumens.

References

  • United States Bureau of Mines, Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms (1996).

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