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• Coal — Sedimentary Rock Anthracite coal Composition Primary carbon Secondary hydrogen, sulfur …   Wikipedia

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• mud lark — noun 1. : a person who grubs in mud (as in search of stray bits of coal, iron, rope); specifically : an urchin who grubs for a living along the tide flats of the English Thames 2. a. dialect England : pipit …   Useful english dictionary

• sapropelic coal — ▪ coal classification       hydrogen rich coal, including cannel coal and boghead coal (see torbanite), derived from sapropels (loose deposits of sedimentary rock rich in hydrocarbons) and characterized by a dull black, sometimes waxy lustre.… …   Universalium

• cannel coal — /kan l/ an oily, compact coal, burning readily and brightly. Also called cannel. [1530 40; cannel from CANDLE (dial. form)] * * * ▪ fossil fuel       type of hydrogen rich, sapropelic coal characterized by a dull black, sometimes waxy lustre. It… …   Universalium

• Stone coal — Stone Stone, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a pebble. [root]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• slurry — slur|ry [ˈslʌri US ˈslə:ri] n [U] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: slur thin mud ; SLUR1] a mixture of water and mud, coal, or animal waste …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• slurry — noun (U) a mixture of water and mud, coal, or animal waste …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Fossil fuel — Coal, one of the fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are fuels formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms. The age of the organisms and their resulting fossil fuels is typically millions of years, and sometimes… …   Wikipedia

• mudlark — /mud lahrk /, n. 1. Chiefly Brit. a person who gains a livelihood by searching for iron, coal, old ropes, etc., in mud or low tide. 2. Chiefly Brit. Informal. a street urchin. 3. either of two black and white birds, Grallina cyanoleuca, of… …   Universalium