Specimen Details

  • Collection Names

    Oliver R. Rule Collection

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

    Form: Hand Specimen(s)

  • Rock Name

    Oil Shale

  • Rock Class

    Sedimentary

  • Rock Group

    Hydrocarbon

  • Rock Description

    Previously called Wollongongite. Wollongongite is intended to represent "a variety of cannel occurring abundantly" in New South Wales. The name is not widely accepted and is regarded as a missnomer. A very fine grained, black shale

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Geology

  • Discipline

    Petrology

  • Collecting Areas

    Rocks and Ores

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

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