English Dictionary:
- A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high
luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no
bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous
flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called
glance coal and blind coal.
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