Min. [f. Albert (county), New Brunswick + -ITE.] A jet-black bituminous mineral found in 1849 in New Brunswick, supposed to be the residue left on the drying up of a great body of petroleum.
1875. Ure, Dict. Arts, I. 41. Albertite has been largely used in the United States for the distillation of oil and coke.
1881. Echo, 23 July, 1/6. The coal … resembles the Albertite found in New Brunswick.
