marinite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
marinite (countable and uncountable, plural marinites)
- (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