Elaterite
Elaterite, also known as Aeonite,[1] 'elastic bitumen' or 'mineral caoutchouc'.
Elaterite is a brown hydrocarbon varying somewhat in consistency, being sometimes soft, elastic and sticky, like India rubber, and occasionally hard and brittle. It is usually dark brown in color and slightly translucent. A substance of similar physical character is found in the Coorong district of South Australia, and is hence termed coorongite.[2] It is said to be carcinogenic.
Occurrence in nature
Strawberry, Utah, USA: Flows from the ground in a soft elastic form, also exists in the brittle form from various veins in the canyon walls.
Castleton in Derbyshire: Windy Knoll Cave. The lead mines of Odin.
References
- ↑ "Aeonite". Retrieved 2012-04-07.
- ↑ Chisholm 1911, p. 160.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Elaterite". Encyclopædia Britannica 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 160.
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