Torbanite

Torbanite is a variety of fine-grained coal, sometimes known as boghead coal, named after Torbane Hill in Scotland.^[1] Other major deposits of torbanite ar found in Pennsylvania and Illinois, USA, in the Transvaal of South Africa and in the Sydney Basin, Australia.^[2] Torbanite usually occurs as lenticular masses, often associated with deposits of coal^[2], and is classified also as lacustrine type oil shale.^[3]

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Paraffin oil can be distilled from some forms of torbanite, a process discovered and patented by James Young in 1851.

Torbanite typically comprises 88 percent carbon and 11 percent hydrogen.^[2]

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