Grahamite

Grahamite is a bitumen-impregnated rock (asphaltite). It is a naturally occurring solid hydrocarbon bitumen with relatively high fixed carbon rate of 35–55% and high temperature of fusion.[1] It occurs in Cuba, Mexico, and in West Virginia and Oklahoma, United States. Grahamite found in the Impson Valley of southeastern Oklahoma is known as impsonite.

Grahamite was named by Henry Wurtz after James Lorimer Graham, who was interested of commercial development of this mineral resource in West Virginia.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Speight, James G. (2014). The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum (5 ed.). CRC Press. p. 19. ISBN 9781439873892.
  2. ↑ Richardson, Clifford (1910). "Grahamite, a solid native bitumen". Journal of the American Chemical Society (American Chemical Society) 32 (9): 1032–1049. doi:10.1021/ja01927a003.
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