Definition of "ozokerite" [ozokerite]

• Alternative form of ozocerite. (noun)

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• "Church does not allow the use of paraffine, sperm, or stearine candles; at the same time nearly all the candles used in the churches in Europe are made from ozokerite, which is a natural paraffine, made from petroleum in nature's laboratory."
• "In 1901, a British banker with the name of William Knox Darcy approached the Iranian government and received the licenses to "search for, obtain, exploit, develop, render suitable for trade, carry away and sell natural gas, petroleum, asphalt and ozokerite throughout the extent of the Iran with the exception of five Northern provinces.""
• "Wax - Waxes can be beeswax, candelilla wax, jasmine wax, orange wax and ozokerite wax."