mineral pitch

American  

noun

1. asphalt.

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mineral pitch British  

noun

1. another name for asphalt

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Etymology

Origin of mineral pitch

First recorded in 1790–1800

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mineral pitch

Abd-Allatif, an Arabian physician, describes mummy as a substance flowing from the tops of the mountains, and which mixing with the water that streamed down, coagulates like mineral pitch.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

This is asphalt, or mineral pitch as it is sometimes called.

From Birdseye Views of Far Lands by Nichols, James T. (James Thomas)

The term asphalt has been applied to so many and various mixtures, that one scarcely associates it with natural mineral pitch which is found in some parts of the world.

From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Martin, Edward A.

Professor Wright of Yale has used a hard mineral pitch as a cement in vacuum work with success.

From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard

Bituminous coal contains a large amount of a tarry substance, a kind of mineral pitch or bitumen, which burns with a brilliant flame and a black sooty smoke, exceedingly rich in carbon.

From Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. by Gray, Elisha