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 and swinestone.

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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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