marinite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A gray to black oil shale of marine origin in which the chiefmain organic components are lamalginite and bituminite derived from marine phytoplankton, with varied admixtures of bitumen, telalginite and vitrinite

Word forms

marinite marinites

Etymology

From marine + -ite.

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