albertite
noun
al·bert·ite
ˈal-bərt-ˌīt
plural -s
sometimes capitalized
: a bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum (hardness 1–2, specific gravity 1.097)
Word History
Etymology
Albert county, New Brunswick, Canada, its locality + English -ite
First Known Use
1853, in the meaning defined above
- geoglossaceaes
- Geoglossum
- geoglossums
- geoglyphic
- geognosies
- geognosist
- geognost
- geognostic
- geognostical
- geognostically
- geognosts
- geognosy
- geogonic
- geogonical
- geogony
- geographer
- geographer cone
- geographers
- geographic
- geographic race
- geographic terrapin
- geographic tongue
- geographic tortoise
- geographic variation
- geographical