1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Bathvillite

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16578311911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 3 — Bathvillite

BATHVILLITE, a naturally occurring organic substance. It is an amorphous, opaque, and very friable material of fawn-brown colour, filling cavities in the torbanite or Boghead coal of Bathville, Scotland. It has a specific gravity of 1.01, and is insoluble in benzene.