A naturally occurring solid hydrocarbon that is harder and more brittle than asphalt, found in certain mineral deposits.
From 'asphalt' + mineral suffix '-ite' (used for mineral and rock names). The '-ite' suffix indicates this is a mineral form or variant of asphalt-like material.
Asphaltite is rare and usually found alongside other fossil fuel deposits—it's essentially asphalt that's been buried so deep and subjected to such pressure that it crystallized into a harder form, like coal but made of bitumen.
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