idrialiten.
/ˈɪdrɪəlʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A mineral hydrocarbon, called also inflammable cinnabar; ‘it is massive and opaque, with greasy lustre, and greyish or brownish-black colour’ (Watts). (It was made known to chemists by Payssé in 1814, and was at first named by Dumas, 1832, idrialin.)
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1849 J. Nicol Man. Mineral. 523 Idrialite..burns with a thick smoky flame.
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 738 Dumas separated the idrialite by treatment with oil of turpentine.
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