ligniten.
/ˈlɪɡnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈlɪɡˌnaɪt/ Mineralogy.attributive.1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 480/2 In the Isle of Wight (Alum Bay) lignite beds..occur.1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1125 Lignite blocks..used as a combustible.
A variety of brown coal bearing visible traces of its ligneous structure.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > coal > lignite
moor-coal1562
Bovey coal1761
surturbrand1761
wood-coal1799
lignite1808
brown coal1833
peat-coal1851
1808 T. Allan Alphabet. List Minerals 42.
1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria xii. 307 The pitch-lakes of Trinidad..are known to exude from Tertiary lignites.
1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 501 The lignites of Austria have yielded very numerous plant-remains.
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