melanchyme

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English

Noun

melanchyme (uncountable)

  1. (geology) A bituminous substance found in masses in the brown coal of Zweifelsruth, Bohemia, former Czechoslovakia.

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See also

  • rochlederite, the part of this substance that is soluble in alcohol
  • melanellite, the residue of this substance when dissolved in alcohol

References

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

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