What is "idrialite"

Idrialine \Id"ri*a*line\, Idrialite \Id"ri*a*lite\, n. [Cf. F. idrialine.] (Min.) A bituminous substance obtained from the mercury mines of Idria, where it occurs mixed with cinnabar.

n. (context mineralogy English) A soft, orthorhombic hydrocarbon mineral, usually greenish-yellow to light brown in colour with bluish fluorescence.

Idrialite, or idrialine, is a soft, orthorhombic hydrocarbon mineral with chemical formula: CH. It is usually greenish yellow to light brown in color with bluish fluorescence.

Raman spectroscopy studies indicate that it may be a mixture of complex hydrocarbons including benzonaphthothiophenes (chemical formula: CHS) and dinaphthothiophenes (chemical formula: CHS).