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anthracite coal

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Noun1.anthracite coal - a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat
anthracite, hard coal
coal - fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
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Its vivid yellows fairly screamed aloud; its whites were as eider down; its blacks glossy as the finest anthracite coal, and its coat long and shaggy as a mountain goat.
At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Such is the Burning Mountain, on Powder River, abounding with anthracite coal.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
* The newspapers, in 1902 of that era, credited the president of the Anthracite Coal Trust, George F.
The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context
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