The isoprenoid hydrocarbons, phytane (C
20
H
42
) and pristane (C
19
H
40
), are present in the oil seeping from the Precambrian Nonesuch formation at the White Pine Mine, Michigan. Gas-liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry provide the isolation and identification procedures.
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