Lignite n. (Min.) Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of more recent origin than the anthracite and bituminous coal of the proper coal series. Called also brown coal, wood coal.
... brown coal and lignite; small amounts of iron ore, copper and manganese ore; salt; ... — The 2002 CIA World Factbook • US Government
... more correctly speaking highly carbonized lignite of the Tertiary age, and analogous to Japanese coal. Batan Island, off the south-east coast of Luzon Island, is said to have the finest lignite beds in ... — The Philippine Islands • John Foreman
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