10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TORBANITE»
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torbanite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
torbanite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Oil Shales and Tar Sands: A Bibliography
Fluxing the blown bituaen (Addition of Feci 3 or HC1 or FeCl — bituaen catalysts)
, 1985 TORBANITE/PRQCESSING Classification of torbanites and relations to
associated carbonaceous sedlaents In New South Wales (Production of gasoline
...
United States. Dept. of Energy, 1977
A torbanite deposit may be joined irregularly at an edge to another deposit or
they may be quite separate. The whole system clearly originated in a string of
lakes and lagoons surrounded by large swamp lands and higher areas. The
following ...
G.V. Chilingarian, T.F. Yen, 2011
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A system of mineralogy: descriptive mineralogy, comprising ...
Torbanite pt. Amorphous. Dull, and of a. fawn-brown color, looking somewhat like
wood in the last stage of decay. Opaque. G., after removing air of pores by air-
pump, about 1'01. Very friable, but this characteristic may not be essential to the ...
James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush, 1869
Other names have been applied to these deposits, such as kerosene shales,
torbanite, tor- banehill mineral, brown cannel coal, bathvillite, algal coal, albertite,
bituminite, parrot coal, and cannel coal. But as the term "boghead coal" has been
...
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Professional Paper - United States Geological Survey
Other names have been applied to these deposits, such as kerosene shales,
torbanite, tor- banehill mineral, brown cannel coal, bathvillite, algal coal, albertite,
bituminite, parrot coal, and cannel coal. But as the term "boghead coal" has been
...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1922
6
The Minerals of New South Wales, Etc.
Coal, gems, halloysite, iron geothite, haematite, limonite), torbanite, sapphire,
zircon. Broughton Creek Torbanite, coal. Broughton Vale... Goethite. Coal,
limonite. Buudanoon......... Coal, gold, iron ore, mispickel. Burragorang ..... ..
Epsomite ...
Archibald Liversidge, 2011
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Elements of Petroleum Geology
However, two particular types of oil shale whose biological origin is well known
are Torbanite and Tasmanite. Torbanite comes from the village of Torban in the
Midland Valley of Scotland, where this particular variety of oil shale occurs in ...
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Mass Spectrometric Characterization of Shale Oils: A Symposium
A Symposium Thomas Aczel. COORONGITE - TORBANITE ( a ) Difference
Spectrum FIG. 3 — Difference spectra obtained by subtracting the averaged
torbanite spectrum from that of coorongite (a) and of botryococcus rubber (b),
respectively.
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The Political Economy of South Africa: From Minerals-energy ...
Liquid fuel production in the inter-war period was centred around the mining and
retorting of torbanite. The first torbanite plant was set up by the Natal Mineral Oil
Company in 1895 to extract paraffin from shale. This was followed by the ...
Ben Fine, Zavareh Rustomjee, 1996
NOTES ON THE FORMATION AND CONSTITUTION OF TORBANITE. By
WILLIAM SKEY. In prosecuting experiments previously detailed, upon the
evolution of heat caused by mixing dry clay with various liquids, I noticed such an
increase of ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TORBANITE»
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torbanite is used in the context of the following news items.
State miner developing new projects, eyeing acquisitions
Sikakane pointed out that the company was developing its underground torbanite (Seam 5) and thermal coal (Seam 4) T-project, north-west of Kinross, ... «Creamer Media's Mining Weekly, May 15»
Looking back at glory days of shale oil mining
When he opened his mineral oil works at Bathgate it was torbanite he was extracting. It wasn't until 1860 when supplies of that particular rock were dwindling ... «Edinburgh Evening News, Jul 14»
Factfile Hydrocarbon exploration
By the 1860s, the highest-yielding torbanites were rapidly depleting. Young subsequently opened a processing plant at West Calder in 1865. At its peak, the ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 14»
State mining company calls for more bids on torbanite project
The torbanite, or fine-grained black oil shale, associated with the No 5 Seam is found in the seam's 53-cm-thick upper band and its 23-cm-thick lower band. «Creamer Media's Mining Weekly, Sep 13»
CEF invites parties to tender for torbanite project PFS
The T-project would entail the establishment of a torbanite and coal beneficiation plant that would be integrated into a No 5 Seam mine. The plant would process ... «Creamer Media's Mining Weekly, Aug 13»
AEMFC readies for second mine as losses mount
“The No.5 seam, which contains both coal and torbanite resources, is being studied with a possibility of processing torbanite into syncrude and syngas.”. «Mining MX, Oct 12»
Mines threaten water catchment areas
The mining firms were seeking primarily coal, but applications were also lodged for tin, vanadium, cobalt, torbanite and platinum group metals. The Department ... «Independent Online, Feb 11»
Digging for mining licences
Environmental groups regard the Delta Mining Corporation's (DMC) exploration for torbanite and coal in the Wakkerstroom region as the gravest threat this ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jun 09»
Conservationists battle coal exploration company
... legal battle is brewing between conservationists and coal exploration company DMC Coal Mining over its plans to prospect for anthracite and torbanite in one ... «Mining MX, Feb 08»
Coal mining plans put fresh water at risk
Delta Mining Consolidated has been granted permits to prospect there for torbanite, a form of coal that is rich in oil. Fears have been expressed that the mining ... «Independent Online, Feb 08»
