albertite

(ˈælbəˌtaɪt)

(Geological Science) a black solid variety of bitumen that has a conchoidal fracture and occurs in veins in oil-bearing strata

[C19: named after Albert county, New Brunswick, Canada, where it is mined]

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Part of Gesner's fame rests with his discovery of a process to distill kerosene (Beaton 1955; Brice 2002) and his use of the bitumen albertite. Gesner is suspected to have recognized albertite in the field in about 1840.

Specimen collections from Abraham Gesner's Geological Survey of New Brunswick (1838 to 1842)

Halifax Gas-Light Company (1852), about mining licenses and leases, hinged upon whether or not the Nova Scotian courts regarded a New Brunswick substance called Albertite as coal or asphaltum.

Scientists & Swindlers: Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820-1890

The Albert Mines site in Albert County [https: //www.rhp-rlp.gnb.ca/] is described as a 324 hectare defunct mine site, with outcrops of albertite, visible ruins including mine-shafts (Fig.

Geoheritage 5. Geoscience heritage in New Brunswick

Solid hydrocarbons, including gilsonite, wurtzilite, grahamite, ozokerite, and albertite, are found as veins or pods in some oil shales.

Geology and resources of some world oil-shale deposits

The story of Gesner's museum follows a familiar theme in his life and parallels the ups and downs of his better documented activities with albertite and kerosene.

Gesner's Museum of natural history, an early Canadian geological collection

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