anthracite
Meanings
noun
- A form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals.
- A dark grey color.
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Etymology
Via Latin from Ancient Greek ἀνθρακῖτις (anthrakîtis, “a kind of coal”), from ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “charcoal”). By surface analysis, anthrac- + -ite.
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