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AUSTRALIAN CHOUTCHOUC [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
  • Organic Ores - Various
  • Petroleum Asphalts
DEF

A soft, brown, rubbery variety of elaterite, originally from deposits of Elaephyton algae in salt water bodies near the Coorong in Australia.

OBS

[This substance] may represent a stage in the formation of boghead coal.

OBS

Australian choutchouc: An early name for coorongite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
  • Exploitation de minerais organiques divers
  • Bitumes
DEF

Substance bitumineuse, semblable au caoutchouc, composée d'algues, de particules végétales et de diatomées.

Spanish

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