melanchyme

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English

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Noun

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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

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

References

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

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