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HUMIC-CANNEL COAL [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Classification of Coal
  • Origins and Composition of Coal
DEF

A variety of cannel coal composed largely of humic matter.

Key term(s)
  • pseudo-cannel coal

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des charbons
  • Origine et constitution des charbons
CONT

[...] les «pseudo-cannel coals» [...] sont des houilles apparentées aux houilles ligno-cellulosiques, mais à texture très fine, semblable à celle des «cannel coals» vrais. Il y a, comme toujours, une pâte amorphe [...]

OBS

gayet : Charbon homogène, non zoné, à cassure généralement conchoïdale, pouvant constituer tout ou partie de l'épaisseur d'une couche et représentant du charbon sapropélique. M. Legrave (1932) distingue des gayets d'algues (boghead), des gayets de spores (cannel coal) et des gayets de débris (pseudo-cannel coal).

Spanish

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