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HATCHETTITE

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 62 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HATCHETTITE  , sometimes termed

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Mountain
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Tallow,
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Mineral Adipocire, or Adipocerite, a mineral
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hydrocarbon occurring in the
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Coal-
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measures of
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Belgium and elsewhere, occupying in some cases the interior of hollow concretions of
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iron-ore, but more generally the cavities of fossil shells or crevices in the rocks . It is of yellow
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colour, and translucent, but darkens and becomes opaque on exposure . It has no odour, is greasy to the
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touch, and has a slightly glistening lustre . Its hardness is that of soft
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wax . The melting point is 46° to 470 C., and the
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composition is C . 85.55, H .

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