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The term shungite was introduced by Inostrantsev (1879) for ‘a new type of amorphous carbon’ from black shales of the Huronian Formation in the Trans-Onega area, Russia. Later this term was used for layers, lenses and veinlets of carbon-rich material associated with the metamorphic complex of early Proterozoic age in Karelia, Russia (Kwiecinska, 1968; Khavari-Khorasani and Murchison, 1979; Volkova and Bogdanova, 1983; 1986). A number of studies of the Karelian shungite attempted to elucidate on the organic matter source and properties. However, the origin of the shungite and processes responsible for its maturation still remain uncertain. Although suggestions have been made that carbon in the shungite may have an abiogenic volcanic source, most studies support a biogenic source. Some studies regard shungite predominantly as in situ organic matter (Volkova and Bogdanova, 1986), while others claim it to be a migrated solid bitumen (Khavari-Khorasani and Murchison, 1979; Jehlicka and Rouzaud, 1993).
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Mastalerz, M., Glikson, M., Stankiewicz, B.A., Volkova, I.B., Bustin, R.M. (2000). Organic and mineral matter in a Precambrian shungite deposit from Karelia, Russia. In: Glikson, M., Mastalerz, M. (eds) Organic Matter and Mineralisation: Thermal Alteration, Hydrocarbon Generation and Role in Metallogenesis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9474-5_6
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