Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name given to varieties of calcareous spar (calcite), darkly colored by the presence of carbonaceous matter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; -- called also
stinkstone andswinestone .
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- noun mineralogy A coal-black
marble , usually emitting a foetid smell when rubbed.
Etymologies
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See anthracite.
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