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(mineralogy) A subgroup of pyrobitumens rich in oxygen and partly soluble in alkali, resembling an earthy brown coal and probably representing a product of intense weathering of bitumens..
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Elkerite means (mineralogy) A subgroup of pyrobitumens rich in oxygen and partly soluble in alkali, resembling an earthy brown coal and probably representing a product of intense weathering of bitumens..
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