Gilsonite
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Gilsonite
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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The primary ingredient in that product is a natural ore called Gilsonite, which Nunes said acts like a natural asphalt when melted.
From Washington Times
She said the Gilsonite will fill the cracks in the asphalt and help seal it so that water can’t get in.
From Washington Times
By wagon, then by railroad, the company hauled out sacks of Gilsonite, as the substance came to be known, to use in coloring black paints, waterproofing roofs, blacking inks and even paving streets.
From Time Magazine Archive
The place: American Gilsonite Co.'s new $14 million refinery outside Grand Junction, Colo. There, as Colorado's Steven L. R. McNichols and Utah's George Dewey Clyde each pulled a handle, water gushed from a pipeline, turned black with particles of Gilsonite.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gilsonite is one of nature's freaks, a petroleum-like substance which, through geologic accident, failed to liquefy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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