Telalginite

Telalginite is a structured organic matter (alginite) in sapropel, composed of large discretely occurring colonial or thick-walled unicellular algae such as Botryococcus, Tasmanites and Gloeocapsomorpha prisca. Telalginite is present in large algal bodies. It fluoresce brightly in shades of yellow under blue/ultraviolet light.

{{Cite web

| last =Dyni | first =John R.

| title =Geology and resources of some world oil-shale deposits. Scientific Investigations Report 2005–5294

| publisher = U.S. Department of the Interior. U.S. Geological Survey

| year = 2006

| url = http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2005/5294/pdf/sir5294_508.pdf

| accessdate =2008-07-17

}} The term of telalginite was introduced by Adrian C. Hutton of the University of Wollongong.

{{Cite web

| last1 =Hallsworth | first1 =C R

| last2 =Knox | first2 = R W O’B

| title =BGS Rock Classification Scheme. Volume 3. Classification of sediments and sedimentary rocks. Research Report, RR 99–03

| publisher = British Geological Survey

| year = 1999

| url = https://www.paleostrat.org/Documents/Hallsworth%20and%20Knox%201999.pdf

| accessdate =2008-07-17

}}