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Anthracite
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Anthracite'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/anthracite.html. 1828.