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Meanings of mineral pitch in English

Portuguese

betume

Catalan

asfalt

Spanish

asfalto

A dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons.

asphalt

betume

Usage of mineral pitch in English

The dull coal is called bituminous, because it contains more bitumen or mineral pitch. 
 Diggers in the Earth 

Professor Wright of Yale has used a hard mineral pitch as a cement in vacuum work with success. 
 On Laboratory Arts 

Translations for mineral pitch