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Lignitic

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lig·nite  (lgnt)
n.
A soft, brownish-black coal in which the alteration of vegetable matter has proceeded further than in peat but not as far as in bituminous coal. Also called brown coal.

lig·nitic (-ntk) adj.


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No organic or lignitic horizons were intersected in these holes.
Drill Hole MC-01-25, drilled 500 meters west of MC-00-16, intersected 130 feet of mixed clay and lignitic sediments.
Overlying the volcanic complex are younger sediments including thin lignitic coal lenses and shales.
 
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