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an⋅thra⋅cite

  [an-thruh-sahyt]
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–noun
a mineral coal containing little of the volatile hydrocarbons and burning almost without flame; hard coal.
Also called anthracite coal.

Origin:
1810–15; prob. < F < L (Pliny) anthracītis kind of coal. See anthrac-, -ite 1

Related forms:
an⋅thra⋅cit⋅ic  [an-thruh-sit-ik] , an⋅thra⋅cit⋅ous  [an-thruh-sahy-tuhs] , adjective
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an·thra·cite   (ān'thrə-sīt')   
n.  A dense, shiny coal that has a high carbon content and little volatile matter and burns with a clean flame. Also called hard coal.

[Probably ultimately from Greek anthrakitis, a kind of coal, from anthrax, anthrak-, charcoal.]
an'thra·cit'ic (-sĭt'ĭk) adj.
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anthracite 
"non-bituminous coal," 1812, earlier a type of ruby-like gem described by Pliny (1601), from L. anthracites "bloodstone, semi-precious gem," from Gk. anthrakites "coal-like," from anthrax (gen. anthrakos) "live coal" (see anthrax).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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