dull coal
dull coal
[¦dəl ¦kōl] (geology)
A component of banded coal with a grayish color and dull appearance, consisting of small anthraxylon constituents in addition to cuticles and barklike constituents embedded in the attritus.
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The specimen from Axel Heiberg Island is also strikingly similar to samples of artifacts and naturally occurring
dull coal bands on Kodiak Island and the Alaskan Peninsula (Kalkreuth, unpubl.
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Dull coal with a grayish tinge contains clay.) Don't buy chunks of "Cannel coal" for a stove; this high-paraffin coal lights with a match and is meant for open-grate fires.
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