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marinite

marinite noun: 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.

Noun

marinite (countable and uncountable, plural marinites)

  1. 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

Forms of marinite

pluralmarinites

Origin of marinite

From marine + -ite.

Questions about marinite

What does marinite mean?
Marinite means 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.
What part of speech is marinite?
Marinite is a noun.
What is the plural of marinite?
The plural of marinite is marinites.

Words near marinite in the dictionary

  1. marinises
  2. marinising
  3. Marinism
  4. Marinist
  5. Marinists
  6. marinite
  7. marinites
  8. marinization
  9. marinizations
  10. marinize
  11. marinized

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