elaterite Min.
(ɪˈlætəraɪt)
[f. elater1 elasticity + -ite.]
A brown hydrocarbon, usually soft and elastic like india-rubber; elastic bitumen.
| 1826 Emmons Min. 215 Elaterite, see Bitumen, elastic. 1876 Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. xiv. 244 Masses of elaterite, and slaggy mineral pitch. |