anthraciticadj.
/ˌanθrəˈsɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˌænθrəˈsɪdɪk/ Of or relating to anthracite; of the nature of or containing anthracite.
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anthracitic1824
1824 Edinb. Philos. Jrnl. 10 44 We are not the less warranted to consider the anthracitic mica-slate or the grey-wacke..as two formations independent of the primitive granites.
1845 C. Lyell Trav. N. Amer. I. 88 The anthracitic coal-measures.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. vi. 236 The Duke..blushed blue, then red..at length settling into steady pale, as it were, indicating anthracitic white-heat.
1898 Daily News 12 Apr. 7/1 Around Llanelly there ensues a district..where the coal is of a wholly different order, hard and anthracitic.
1931 Proc. Geologists' Assoc. 42 114 An irregular band..joining hands with the Grauwacke of the Vosges and the anthracitic deposits of the Alps.
1994 K. L. Smith et al. Struct. & Reaction Processes Coal ii. 6 A pronounced decrease in volatile matter in the anthracitic stages causes the calorific value to decrease.
2005 Irish Jrnl. Earth Sci. 23 130/1 Upper Carboniferous amphibians from the Jarrow Colliery..are preserved in a finely laminated, sulphur-rich, anthracitic coal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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