anthracite
Example Sentences
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I have a very good friend here in New Hampshire who heats with anthracite coal.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2022
The coal here is clean coal, it's anthracite and it's very, very good for filtration.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2021
Abramovic, known for her work with crystals, chose anthracite from Ukrainian mines and rock quartz crystals from Brazil.
From Reuters ● Oct. 6, 2021
On April 13, an anthracite gray Volkswagen van pulled into Les Poulières.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
Little by little the town names along the way began to take on a frank industrial tone—Port Carbon, Minersville, Slatedale—and I realized I was entering the strange, half-forgotten world of Pennsylvania’s anthracite region.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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