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Word: Albertite
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Literary Gazette. From the name of AlbertCounty in New Brunswick, Canada, where the mineral was found in 1849 + -ite
Definition:
A black pyrobitumen found originally in New Brunswick, Canada.
