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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.
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Such is the Burning Mountain, on Powder River, abounding with anthracite coal.
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* The newspapers, in 1902 of that era, credited the president of the Anthracite Coal Trust, George F.
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