Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A carbonaceous mineral, resembling asphaltite, peculiar in containing a large amount of sulphur. It occurs in Peru with the vanadium sulphid called patrinite.

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  • The Minasragra vanadium deposit of Peru contains patronite (vanadium sulphide) associated with a peculiar nickel-bearing sulphide and a black carbonaceous mineral called "quisqueite," in a lens-shaped body of unknown depth, enclosed by red shales and porphyry dikes.

    The Economic Aspect of Geology 1915

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