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Olefinite
A variety of 'Bitumen' ['Petroleum']
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First Recorded Locality:
A bitumen composed primarily of olefinic molecules.
Originally reported from Windy Knoll, Derbyshire, UK as a brown bitumen occurring as rods, spheres and globules.
Originally reported from Windy Knoll, Derbyshire, UK as a brown bitumen occurring as rods, spheres and globules.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
23250 (as Olefinite)
9532 (as Petroleum)
9532 (as Petroleum)
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:23250:8 (as Olefinite)
mindat:1:1:9532:3 (as Petroleum)
mindat:1:1:9532:3 (as Petroleum)
Similar Names
First Recorded Occurrence of Olefinite
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
Internet Links for Olefinite
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https://www.mindat.org/min-23250.html
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Localities for Olefinite
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- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
UK (FRL) | |
| Mueller (1954) |
