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BOARD COAL [1 record]

Record 1 2017-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
DEF

A variety of brown coal having the fibrous structure of wood.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
CONT

Dans les «lignites xyloïdes», à aspect de tourbe grossière, les fragments de bois sont encore reconnaissables à l'œil nu.

CONT

[...] lignite xyloïde, d'aspect jaune brun et qui rappelle la structure du bois dont il dérive [...]

OBS

[...] les Allemands [...] réservent le nom de «Lignit» à la variété de lignite xyloïde.

Spanish

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