# Hatchettite

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'''Hatchettite''' (also '''mountain tallow''', '''mineral tallow''', '''mineral adipocire''', or '''adipocerite''') is a mineral [hydrocarbon](/source/hydrocarbon).{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}  It has been claimed to be the same as [evenkite](/source/evenkite).<ref name=span2000/>

==Characteristics==
Hatchettite occurs in the [coal](/source/coal) measures of [Belgium](/source/Belgium) and elsewhere, occupying in some cases the interior of hollow concretions of [iron-ore](/source/iron-ore), but more generally the cavities of [fossil](/source/fossil) shells or crevices in the rocks.
It is of yellow colour, and translucent, but darkens and becomes opaque on exposure. It has no odour, is greasy to the touch, and has a slightly glistening lustre. Its hardness is that of soft wax. The melting point is 46 to 47&nbsp;°C, and the composition is [C](/source/Carbon) 85.55 %, [H](/source/Hydrogen) 14.45 %.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}<ref name=span1999/>

==See also==
* [Ozokerite](/source/Ozokerite)

==References==

* {{EB1911|wstitle=Hatchettite|volume=13|page=62}}
* {{Cite NIE|wstitle=Mineral Tallow|short=x}}

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<ref name=span2000>J. E. Spangenberg and  N. Meisser (2000): ""Hatchettite and Evenkite - two mineral names for the same natural crystalline paraffinic vax[isotope ratio study]". Paper EDB-00:118740 ''Abstracts of the 5th Isotope Workshop of European Society for Isotope Research'', pages 188-191. {{isbn|83-912388-8-1}}</ref>

<ref name=span1999>J. E. Spangenberg, J. C. Hunziker, N. Meisser, and U. Herlec (1999): "Compound specific isotope analysis of the organic minerals hatchettite and idrialite in geodes, coal, and mineral deposits". Chapter in ''Mineral Deposits: Processes to Processing'', pages 275-278. {{isbn|9789058091215}}</ref>
</references>

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