Anthracite
Anthracite ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Latin anthracites a kind of bloodstone; from Greek {not transcribed} like coals, from 'a`nqrax, {not transcribed}, coal or charcoal. Compare Anthrax.]
A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.