Hatchettite (also mountain tallow, mineral tallow, mineral adipocire, or adipocerite) is a mineral hydrocarbon. It has been claimed to be the same as evenkite.
Characteristics
Hatchettite occurs in the coal measures of Belgium and elsewhere, occupying in some cases the interior of hollow concretions of iron-ore, but more generally the cavities of fossil shells or crevices in the rocks. It is of yellow colour, and translucent, but darkens and becomes opaque on exposure. It has no odour, is greasy to the touch, and has a slightly glistening lustre. Its hardness is that of soft wax. The melting point is 46 to 47 °C, and the composition is C 85.55 %, H 14.45 %.
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References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hatchettite". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 62.- "Mineral Tallow" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
- ^ Chisholm 1911.
- J. E. Spangenberg and N. Meisser (2000): ""Hatchettite and Evenkite - two mineral names for the same natural crystalline paraffinic vax". Paper EDB-00:118740 Abstracts of the 5th Isotope Workshop of European Society for Isotope Research, pages 188-191. ISBN 83-912388-8-1
- J. E. Spangenberg, J. C. Hunziker, N. Meisser, and U. Herlec (1999): "Compound specific isotope analysis of the organic minerals hatchettite and idrialite in geodes, coal, and mineral deposits". Chapter in Mineral Deposits: Processes to Processing, pages 275-278. ISBN 9789058091215
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