Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrocarbon, pitch-like in appearance, and related to asphaltum, but not so fusible nor so soluble in benzine or ether.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of Albert, New Brunswick.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A
bituminous mineral resemblingasphalt .
Etymologies
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Albert + -ite, after the county in New Brunswick.
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