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COPALITE, or COPALINE

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 94 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COPALITE, or COPALINE  , also termed " fossil See also:resin " and " See also:Highgate resin," a naturally occurring organic substance found as irregular pieces of See also:pale-yellow See also:colour in the See also:London See also:clay at Highgate See also:Hill . It has a resinous aromatic odour when freshly broken, volatilizes at a moderate temperature, and See also:burns readily with a yellow, smoky See also:flame, leaving scarcely any ash .

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