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Anthracite
1-220.04.00English: Hard coal; Black coal.
Chemical: C, carbon 86% to 97%.MineralogyMineral; hard, compact coal; submetallic luster.
Coal with the highest carbon content, fewest impurities, highest energy density.
Anthracite is the most metamorphosed type of coal.
Anthracite ignites with difficulty and burns with a short, blue, and smokeless flame.
Chemical: C, carbon 86% to 97%.MineralogyMineral; hard, compact coal; submetallic luster.
Coal with the highest carbon content, fewest impurities, highest energy density.
Anthracite is the most metamorphosed type of coal.
Anthracite ignites with difficulty and burns with a short, blue, and smokeless flame.