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'''Bathvillite''' is a naturally occurring organic substance. It is an amorphous, opaque, and very friable material of fawn-brown color, filling cavities in the torbanite or Boghead coal of Bathville, Lothian, Scotland. It has a specific gravity of 1.01, and is insoluble in [[Chemistry:Benzene|benzene]].<ref>{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Bathvillite |volume=3 |page=521}}</ref> It may resemble wood in its final stage of decay.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/asystemmineralo04brusgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/asystemmineralo04brusgoog/page/n796 742]|quote=Bathvillite.|title=A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent Discoveries|last=Dana|first=James Dwight|last2=Brush|first2=George Jarvis|year=1884|publisher=J. Wiley & sons|language=en}}</ref>

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