marinite

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Etymology

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From marine +‎ -ite.

Noun

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marinite (countable and uncountable, plural marinites)

  1. (geology) A gray to black oil shale of marine origin in which the chiefmain organic components are lamalginite and bituminite derived from marine phytoplankton, with varied admixtures of bitumen, telalginite and vitrinite

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