Maceral | Research Interests | Geo-Energy Resources Team

The macerals can be distinguished in three groups :

 

The Inertinite group

The Inertinite group

MACERAL GROUP MACERAL MACERAL TYPE
Ι
Ν
Ε
R
Τ
Ι
Ν
Ι
Τ
E

Fusinite

Pyrofusinite (01), (02)

Degradofusinite

Semifusinite

Macrinite

Funginite (01), (02)

Secretinite

Inertodetrinite

Micrinite


Funginite 01

Funginite 01

Funginite 02

Funginite 02

Pyrofusinite 01

Pyrofusinite 01

Pyrofusinite 02

Pyrofusinite 02

The Liptinite group

The Liptinite group

MACERAL GROUP MACERAL

L

I

P

T

I

N

I

T

E

Sporinite
Cutinite (01), (02), (03)
Resinite (01), (02), (03), (04), (05)
Suberinite
Alginite
Bituminite
Liptodetrinite
Chlorophyllinite

Cutinite 01

Cutinite 01

Cutinite 02

Cutinite 02

Cutinite 03

Cutinite 03

Resinite 01

Resinite 01

Resinite 02

Resinite 02

Resinite 03

Resinite 03

Resinite 04

Resinite 04

Resinite 05

Resinite 05

Suberinite

Suberinite

The Huminite group

The Huminite group

MACERAL GROUP

MACERAL SUB-GROUP

MACERAL

MACERAL TYPE

MACERAL VARIETY

H

U

M

N

I

T

E

Humotelinite

Textinite

A

B

Ulminite

Texto-ulminite (01), (02)

A

B

Eu-ulminite (01), (02)

A

B

Humodetrinite

Attrinite

Densinite (01), (02), (03)

Humocollinite

Gelinite

Levigelinite (01), (02)

Porigelinite

Corpohuminite (01), (02)

Phlobaphinite

Pseudophlobaphinite

In 2001, the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (I.C.C.P.) τ modified the above nomenclature as follows (ICCP System 1994):

MACERAL GROUP

MACERAL SUB-GROUP

MACERAL

MACERAL TYPE

MACERAL VARIETY

H

U

M

N

I

T

E

Telohuminite

Textinite

A

B

Ulminite

A

B

Detrohuminite

Attrinite

Densinite (01), (02), (03)

Gelohuminite

Gelinite

Levigelinite (01), (02)

Porigelinite

Corpohuminite (01), (02)

Phlobaphinite

Pseudophlobaphinite


Texto-ulminite 01

Texto-ulminite 01

Texto-ulminite 02

Texto-ulminite 02

Eu-ulminite 01

Eu-ulminite 01

Eu-ulminite 02

Eu-ulminite 02

Maceral Variety A

Maceral Variety A

Attrinite

Attrinite

Densinite 01

Densinite 01

Densinite 02

Densinite 02

Densinite 03

Densinite 03

Levigelinite 01

Levigelinite 01

Levigelinite 02

Levigelinite 02

Porigelinite

Porigelinite

Corpohuminite 01

Corpohuminite 01

Corpohuminite 02

Corpohuminite 02

The Vitrinite group

The Vitrinite group

MACERAL GROUP

MACERAL

MACERAL TYPE

V

T

R

I

N

I

T

E

Telinite

Collinite

Telocollinite

Gelocollinite

Desmocollinite

Corpocollinite

Vitrodetrinite

In 1994, the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology I.C.C.Pmodified the vitrinite nomenclature as follows:

MACERAL GROUP

MACERAL SUB-GROUP

MACERAL

V

T

R

I

N

I

T

E

Telovitrinite

Telinite

Collotelinite

Detrovitrinite

Vitrodetrinite

Collodetrinite

Gelovitrinite

Gelinite

Corpogelinite