melanchyme

See also: mélanchyme

English

Noun

melanchyme (uncountable)

1. (geology) A bituminous substance found in masses in the brown coal of Zweifelsruth, Bohemia, former Czechoslovakia.

Alternative forms

• melanchym

See also

• rochlederite, the part of this substance that is soluble in alcohol
• melanellite, the residue of this substance when dissolved in alcohol

References

• United States Bureau of Mines, Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms (1996).

Anagrams

• enchylemma