Elaterite (also known as Aeonite,[1] 'elastic bitumen' , 'mineral caoutchouc' or Wurtzilite) 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 at sites around the Coorong lagoon in South Australia, and is hence termed coorongite.[2]
Occurrence in nature
editCave and elaterite, Windy Knoll quarry
- Castleton in Derbyshire: Elaterite can be found beside the Windy Knoll Cave[4][5] and the lead mines of Odin.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Aeonite". Retrieved 2012-04-07.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 160.
- ^ The hydrocarbon Field of Western Colorado and Eastern Utah on the Projected Line of the Denver, Northwestern, and Pacific Railroad, page 26
- ^ "MNA112374 | National Trust Heritage Records". heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ^ "Windy Knoll Quarry, Castleton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- Attribution
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Elaterite". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 160. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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