Marine shales consist of three varieties, namely Kukersite, Tasmanite, and Marinite.
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Tasmanite the mineral named after Tasmania is in Dana's classification as an Oxygenated hydrocarbon.
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Tasmanite, named after Tasmania, is a brown to black oil shale whose organic matter consists of telalginite derived chiefly from unicellular tasmanitid algae of marine origin.