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Record 1 1977-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining of Organic Materials
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
  • Economic Geology
OBS

[Shungite is a] Coal-like hard bitumen containing over 98 percent carbon and found interbedded among the precambrian schists. Conchoidal fracture; Moh's hardness, 4; specific gravity, 2.0; incombustible at low temperatures; and insoluble in organic solvents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation de matières organiques (Mines)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
  • Géologie économique
OBS

Des anthracites on passe au graphite par des corps de composition intermédiaire: "anthraxolite" (92 à 96,6% de carbone), "schungite" (99% de carbone) "graphitoïde" (99.75% de carbone); par sa texture micro-cristalline, la graphitoïde forme la transition avec le graphite.

Spanish

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