单词 | wurtzilite |
释义 | wurtziliten. Mineralogy. A black, massive, sectile, asphaltic pyrobitumen produced by the metamorphosis of petroleum. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > pyrobitumen albertite1853 melan-asphalt1853 wurtzilite1889 pyrobitumen1903 1889 W. P. Blake in Engin. & Mining Jrnl. XLVIII. 542/2 In now proposing for it the name Wurtzilite I desire to compliment my friend, Dr. Henry Wurtz, of New York who in 1865 described the mineral to which he gave the name grahamite. 1918 H. Abraham Asphalts xi. 149 They [sc. pyrobitumens] are grouped into five classes, viz.: elaterite, wurtzilite, albertite, impsonite, and asphaltic pyrobituminous shales. 1965 E. T. Degens Geochem. Sediments v. 263 One may distinguish between the asphaltic, e.g. wurtzilite, elaterite, albertite, and impsonite, and the nonasphaltic pyrobitumens. 1979 J. M. Hunt Petroleum Geochem. & Geol. viii. 403 Wurtzilite appears to be a more indurated polymer with an origin similar to elaterite. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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