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albertite [< Albert County, N.B.] 
n. a bituminous, jet-black hydrocarbon that yields oil and gas, used as fuel.
- 1876 Albertite . . . differs from true coal in being of one quality throughout, in containing no traces of vegetable tissues, and in its mode of occurrence, as a vein, and not as a lead.
- 1949 In 1850 . . . erosion of the banks of Frederick Brook at Hillsborough, Albert County, disclosed a large deposit of a unique mineral, called albertite.
- 1958 In the mid-19th century, an asphaltic mineral with a high gas content was discovered here, which came to be known as albertite.
- 1876 Albertite . . . differs from true coal in being of one quality throughout, in containing no traces of vegetable tissues, and in its mode of occurrence, as a vein, and not as a lead.