torbanite

English

Etymology

Torbane +‎ -ite, after Torbane Hill near Bathgate in Scotland, its main location of occurrence.

Noun

torbanite (countable and uncountable, plural torbanites)

  1. A variety of coal, derived from colonial algae, that looks like carbonaceous shale

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