grahamite

See also: Grahamite

English

Etymology

From Graham +‎ -ite; named by Henry Wurtz after James Lorimer Graham, who was interested in commercial development of this mineral resource in West Virginia.

Noun

grahamite

1. A bitumen-impregnated rock found in Cuba, Mexico, and the United States.

Translations

a bitumen-impregnated rock

• Portuguese: grahamita f, grahamite f

See also

• impsonite