courtzilite

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courtzilite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A type of asphalt allied to uintahite and gilsonite.
    • 1896, United States, Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, page 752:
      Such forms as gilsonite, elaterite, uintaite, grahamite, courtzilite, etc., are hard and brittle at ordinary temperatures, []