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Record 1 2012-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Asphalts
  • Bitumen and Bituminous Shales
DEF

A black, asphaltic pyrobitumen with a high fixed-carbon content derived from the metamorphosis of petroleum.

CONT

Impsonite is infusible, and is insoluble in carbon disulfide.

OBS

A vein of impsonite 10 ft (3 m) wide occurs in La Flore County, Oklahoma, and there are other deposits in Arkansas, Nevada, Michigan, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, and Australia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bitumes
  • Exploitation des schistes bitumineux
DEF

Variété de pyrobitume asphaltique.

Spanish

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