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asphalt

Mineral mixture containing semisolid brown or black bitumen, used in the construction industry. Asphalt is mixed with rock chips to form paving material, and the purer varieties are used for insulating material and for waterproofing masonry. It can be produced artificially by the distillation of petroleum.

The availability of recycled coloured glass led in 1988 to the invention of glassphalt, asphalt that is 15% crushed glass. It is used to pave roads in New York.

Considerable natural deposits of asphalt occur around the Dead Sea and in the Philippines, Cuba, Venezuela, and Trinidad. Bituminous limestone occurs at Neufchâtel, France.



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All I saw in the way of reconstruction were some newly asphalted streets and the high-rise buildings which belong to rich people, who have returned from abroad to start up businesses, or to warlords, who get their money nobody dares ask where.
Return to Afghanistan: my grey land: Shabibi Shah has been longing to ... by Shah, Shabibi / For A Change
And as our asphalted urban areas become heat islands, air-conditioned private malls assume the role of the new shaded village commons.
Vacations, shopping sprees, and work life. (Humanistic Economics) by Buell, John / The Humanist
the area where Centennial Park stands is now green where it wasn't before, and they're in the process of greening it further by planting portions that were asphalted to support temporary Olympic venues.
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