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Block of Oil Shale with Beaker of Crude Oil

Block of oil shale (marlstone) and a beaker of the crude oil (kerogen) that is derived from it. Oil shale is a fine-grained rock that contains varying amounts of kerogen, an organic material. Heating or retorting (distilling) to 900 degrees F. yields a synthetic oil and gas. This specimen is from the Green River formation, a major U.S. deposit spread over the Colorado-Wyoming-Utah area.

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Title: Block of Oil Shale with Beaker of Crude Oil

Caption: Block of oil shale (marlstone) and a beaker of the crude oil (kerogen) that is derived from it. Oil shale is a fine-grained rock that contains varying amounts of kerogen, an organic material. Heating or retorting (distilling) to 900 degrees F. yields a synthetic oil and gas. This specimen is from the Green River formation, a major U.S. deposit spread over the Colorado-Wyoming-Utah area.

Category: Geology & Fossils • energy

Credit: Album / Science Source / U.S. Department of Energy

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Image size: 5787 × 3879 px | 64.2 MB

Print size: 49.0 × 32.8 cm | 2278.3 × 1527.2 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: AMERICA • AMERICAN • BEAKER • BLOCK • COLORADO • CONTAINING • CRUDE OIL • DERIVED • ENERGIA • ENERGY • GEOLOGIA • GEOLOGICAL • GEOLOGY & FOSSILS • GEOLOGY • GREEN RIVER FORMATION • KEROGEN • MARLSTONE • OIL INDUSTRY • OIL • POWER • ROCK • ROCKS • ROCKY • SHALE OIL • SHALE • SLATE • STONE • STONES • SYNTHETIC GAS • SYNTHETIC OIL • UNITED STATES • US • USA • UTAH • WYOMING