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ozokerite
ozocerite, ozokerit(e Min. (əʊˈzɒsəraɪt, əʊˈzəʊkərɪt, -aɪt; əʊzəʊˈsɪəraɪt, -ˈkɪəraɪt) [a. Ger. ozokerit (Glocker, 1833), arbitrarily f. Gr. ὄζ-ειν to smell (ὄζω I smell) + κηρός bees-wax + -ite1.] A wax-like fossil resin, of brownish-yellow colour and aromatic odour; a mixture of natural hydrocarbon...
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Ozokerite
Ozokerite or ozocerite, archaically referred to as earthwax or earth wax, is a naturally occurring odoriferous mineral wax or paraffin found in many localities
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ceresine
ceresin, ceresine (ˈsɛrəsɪn, -iːn) [f. mod.L. ceres, irreg. f. L. cēra wax + -in1, -ine5.] A whitish wax, hard and brittle, prepared from ozocerite, or a petroleum wax, mixed with, or used as a substitute for, beeswax. Also ceresin wax.1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 113/1 Under the name of ceresin or ozo...
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Tabataud Quarry
As a rarity occurs the pseudomineral ozocerite. The cerussite is of extremely good quality and diversity. A rarity is the bitumen containing pseudomineral ozocerite.
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baikerite
ˈbaikerite Min. A wax-like mixture found near Lake Baikal consisting chiefly of ozocerite and baikerinite. (Dana.)
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Carboceric acid
the word "Carbon" and κηρός (Keros), meaning beeswax or honeycomb in Ancient Greek, since the acid can be found in the mineral ozokerite, also known as ozocerite
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petrostearin
petrostearin (pɛtrəʊˈstiːərɪn) [f. petro-1 + stearin.] A name for ozocerite, a mineral resembling stearin.1879 Webster, Suppl., Petro-stearine.., a solid unctuous material of which certain kinds of candles are made. 1893 in Syd. Soc. Lex.
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Pyrobitumen
Other bitumens range from very viscous (e.g., Athabasca and Venezuelan heavy oils, La Brea tar pits) to solid (e.g. gilsonite, ozocerite, grahamite, impsonite
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Augustus C. Kinney
This included studying the Nehalem Beeswax along the Oregon Coast, which Kinney believed was ozocerite.
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maltha
maltha (ˈmælθə) Also anglicized 5 malthe. [a. L. maltha, a. Gr. µάλθα, µάλθη mixture of wax and pitch.] 1. A kind of cement made by mixing pitch and wax, or lime and sand, with other ingredients.c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 1115 Conuenyent hit is to knowe, of bathis..what malthis hote & colde Are able...
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Wax
Mineral waxes
Ceresin waxes
Montan wax – extracted from lignite and brown coal
Ozocerite – found in lignite beds
Peat waxes
Petroleum waxes
Paraffin
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wax
▪ I. wax, n.1 (wæks) Forms: 1 wæx, wex, 1, 2 weax, 3–6, 9 dial. wex, 4–6 wexe (5 vexe), 4–7 waxe, (4 waxche, Sc. vax, 5 whax), 5–7 Sc. walx, (6 Sc. valx, waux, waks), 3– wax. [Com. Teut. (not recorded in Goth.): OE. weax neut. = OFris. wax, OS. wahs (LG., Du. was), OHG., MHG. wahs (mod.G. wachs), ON...
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Uinta Basin
The basin is also known for solid-hydrocarbon-filled fractures consisting of ozocerite, gilsonite, and wurtzilite.
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