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    Asphaltite (also known as uintahite, asphaltum, gilsonite or oil sands) is a naturally occurring soluble solid hydrocarbon, a form of asphalt (or bitumen)...
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  • Silopi Asphaltite Mine is an asphaltite mine located in Şırnak Province in Turkey which supplies fuel for Şırnak Silopi power station. ÇAKIR, Barış; KILIÇ...
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    Dead Sea (redirect from Lake Asphaltites)
    Ἀσφαλτίτης or Ἀσφαλτίτις Λίμνη, Asphaltítēs or Asphaltítis Límnē; Latin: Lacus Asphaltites) or Sea (Ἀσφαλτίτης Θάλασσα, Asphaltítēs Thálassa). It was also known...
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    esters), glycoresins (podophyllin, jalap, kava kava), fossil resins (amber, asphaltite, Utah resin). Usually, animal secretions (musk, shellac, beeswax) are...
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    filled with beeswax. Shellac is an example of an insect-derived resin. Asphaltite and Utah resin are petroleum bitumens. Human use of plant resins has a...
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    Kirkby-in-Ashfield, England. These crystals occur in a galena-wulfenite-uraniferous asphaltite horizon in a magnesian limestone. The wulfenite found in this area is...
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  • nunc alterum bustum. inde Masada castellum in rupe, et ipsum haut procul Asphaltite. et hactenus Iudaea est." cf. English Translation" Josephus. (c.75 CE)...
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  • nunc alterum bustum. inde Masada castellum in rupe, et ipsum haut procul Asphaltite. et hactenus Iudaea est. cf. English translation. Barthélemy, D.; Milik...
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    ancient biblical city of Sodom. He refers to the lake by its Greek name, Asphaltites. Some scholars believe that the locations of the two cities are currently...
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  • known as Pyrobitumen or Anthraxolite, is a bitumen-impregnated rock (asphaltite). It is a naturally occurring solid hydrocarbon bitumen with a relatively...
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