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N'HANGELLITE [1 record]

Record 1 2012-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bitumen and Bituminous Shales
DEF

A variety of green elastic bitumen formed as a sapropelic algal deposit.

CONT

A substance very similar to coorongite, called n'hangellite, is found in Portuguese East Africa [State of East Africa].

Key term(s)
  • nhangellite

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation des schistes bitumineux
DEF

Dépôt organique élastique semblable à la coorongite.

CONT

Les charbons d'algues ou sapropélites contiennent essentiellement des algues microscopiques et se forment en milieu marin ou lacustre. [...] Les bogheads (du nom d'une localité d'Écosse) sont constitués par une algue Chlorophycée [...] Il existe des noms locaux comme la coorongite (Australie), la torbanite (Écosse), la n'hangellite (Mozambique) [...]

Key term(s)
  • nhangellite

Spanish

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