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TELINITE [1 record]

Record 1 2012-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Origins and Composition of Coal
  • Petrography
DEF

A maceral of coal within the vitrinite group.

CONT

... herbaceous-like plants and small gymnosperms yield vitrodetrinite, whilst tissues of shrubs, trees and ferns form telinite. The gelified telinite is considered to be derived from both biochemical and geochemical gelifications of plant remains rich in cellulose and lignin (tissues from shrub-like plants, small trees, and probably, fern trees).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Origine et constitution des charbons
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Vitrinite à structure de tissu végétal.

Spanish

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