Originally: a kind of bituminous earth described by Pliny, said to have been used as a soil dressing and as a cosmetic (now historical). In later…
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > bitumen > bituminous earth or shale (6) ampelite1601 Originally: a kind of bituminous earth described by Pliny, said to have been used as a soil dressing and as a cosmetic (now historical). In later… pitch coal1754 a dense black variety of lignite with a conchoidal fracture. Kimmeridge coal1761 Kimmeridge clay n. a bed of clay in the Upper Oolite containing bituminous shales. Kimmeridge coal n. shale of the Kimmeridge clay containing so… jet rock1798 bituminous shale containing jet; esp. a bed of such shale found near Whitby, North Yorkshire. Kupferschiefer1830 A bituminous brown or black shale of the Permian series, which is worked in Germany for copper; = copper schist n., copper-slate n. at copper, n.1… torbanite1858 A deep brown shale, allied to cannel coal; also called Torbane Hill mineral or Boghead coal; valuable for the production of petroleum and gas and… |
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