anthracite
Example Sentences
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They grabbed the easel, found crimson and anthracite paint and splattered the colors across the canvas.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
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
With increasing heat and pressure, lignite turns to sub-bituminous coal, bituminous coal, and then, in a process like metamorphism, anthracite.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
The great irony of anthracite is that, tough as it is to light, once you get it lit it’s nearly impossible to put out.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
