mineral charcoal

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noun

a fibrous substance resembling charcoal and having a high carbon content, often occurring in thin layers in bituminous coal.

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Also called mother of coal.

Origin of mineral charcoal

First recorded in 1795–1805

Words nearby mineral charcoal

minehunter, minelayer, Mineola, miner, mineral, mineral charcoal, mineralize, mineralizer, mineral jelly, mineral kingdom, mineralocorticoid

How to use mineral charcoal in a sentence

Depending on the producer, Champagne can also be highly cloyingly sweet, buttery, or round, or mineral.
Champagne: You’re Drinking It All Wrong|Kayleigh Kulp|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For example, a common type of meteorite has similar mineral content to Earth, but a lot less deuterium.
Are Comets the Origin of Earth’s Oceans?|Matthew R. Francis|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As for the claims that activated charcoal will help purify your body from toxins?
Could Eating Charcoal Help You Detox?|DailyBurn|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But not all health care providers agree that charcoal should be used outside of a medical setting.
Could Eating Charcoal Help You Detox?|DailyBurn|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Anything in your gut sticks to the surface of charcoal like a magnet and gets carried out through a bowel movement.
Could Eating Charcoal Help You Detox?|DailyBurn|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Approaching a native hut to ask for a piece of charcoal wherewith to light a cigar, he happened to look inside.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The essential point in which it differs from any other known mineral consists in its being at once fibrous and textile.
Asbestos|Robert H. Jones
Aconite … night boat … sea sick … emetics … exhaustion … stimulants … hard drinking … spontaneous combustion … animal charcoal.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Certainly some of the uses to which this mineral is now being put are sufficiently astonishing.
Asbestos|Robert H. Jones
About 1830 a miner, returned from South America, made a claim for wages for watching mineral left behind by Mr. Trevithick.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick