A mineral or fossil form of adipocere, representing the hardened or crystallized stage of grave wax.
From adipocere + -ite (mineral suffix). This term emerged when scientists realized that ancient adipocere deposits could harden into stone-like formations under specific geological pressure and time.
Adipocerite is so rare that finding it tells archaeologists they're looking at burial conditions that haven't changed in centuries—a geological record locked inside a transformed body.
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