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Idrialite

{

Id′ri-a-line

,

Id′ri-a-lite

, }
Noun.
[Cf. F.
idrialine
.]
(Min.)
A bituminous substance obtained from the mercury mines of Idria, where it occurs mixed with cinnabar.

Definition 2024


idrialite

idrialite

English

Noun

idrialite (plural idrialites)

  1. (mineralogy) A soft, orthorhombic hydrocarbon mineral, usually greenish-yellow to light brown in colour with bluish fluorescence.

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