melanchyme
See also: mélanchyme
English edit
Noun edit
melanchyme (uncountable)
- (geology) A bituminous substance found in masses in the brown coal of Zweifelsruth, Bohemia, former Czechoslovakia.
Alternative forms edit
See also edit
- rochlederite, the part of this substance that is soluble in alcohol
- melanellite, the residue of this substance when dissolved in alcohol
References edit
- United States Bureau of Mines, Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms (1996).