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No. Anthracite coal is a metamorphic rock.
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What are the protoliths of Schist and Anthracite coal?
The protolith of schist is phyllite. The protolith of anthracite is bituminous coal.
How was Anthracite Coal discovered?
coal was discovered by two people digging and then they found coal so then they invented coal and discovered it
Why was the discovery of anthracite coal in western pennsylvania important?
The Coal Region is a historically important coal-mining area in Northeastern ... The discovery of anthracite coal was first made in the Schuylkill County by a hunter ... west of the Pocono Mountains, and east of the region known in Pennsylvania.
Where is anthracite coal?
Anthracite is mostly found in east-central and northeast Pennsylvania in highly folded rocks. Most veins are difficult to mine as they are at high angles and not in flat deposits. This coal was formed during the carboniferous (Pennsylvainian) era ~ 300 MYA. Small deposits are also found in Arkansas as well as China...but the vast majority is in Northumberland, Schuylkill, Carbon, Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties of Pennsylvania
Which sedimentary rock can be used as a grinding stone to sharpen tools?
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Is Anthracite coal igneous metamorphic or sedimentary?
Anthracite Coal is a metamorphic rock.
Is anthracite a sedimentary rock?
No it is not but bituminous coal is
Is anthracite an igneous metamorphic or sedimentary?
Anthracite is a metamorphic rock. Anthracite is formed when an organic sedimentary rock - coal - is compressed and heated in the ground.
What type of coal is a sedimentary rock?
All types of coal are sedimentary, except anthracite which is metamorphic.
What kind of coal is sedimentary rock?
Coal, other than the metamorphic form called anthracite, is an organic sedimentary rock.
Is coal an organic sedimentary rock?
Most coal is classified as an organic sedimentary rock. The exception would be anthracite, which is metamorphosed bituminous coal.
Why is coal not considered to be a rock?
Coal is considered a sedimentary rock, except for Anthracite which is considered a metamorphic rock.
Why is coal both a sedimentary and metamorphic rock?
Most coal is sedimentary, but anthracite is metamorphosed bituminous coal, a result of mountain building pressures on sedimentary coal.
Can coal be organic rock?
Coal is considered an organic sedimentary rock, except for anthracite which is considered a metamorphic rock.
Is coal an igneous rock sedimentary rock or metamorphic rock?
Bituminous coal is consided a sedimentary rock. Anthracite coal is bituminous coal that has been metamorphosed by great pressure and heat and is considered a metamorphic rock.
Is coal a metamorphic rock?
Coal when subject to mild metamorphism turns into Anthracite, in which the carbon content is between 92% and 98%. If squeezed and heated still further, the coal will transform into graphite and of cause if the taken to extremes diamond will be produced, but that would require the coal to be taken deep into the earth's mantle.
Is coal metamorphic?
Most coal is sedimentary, but anthracite is bituminous coal that has undergone metamorphosis to become a metamorphic rock.
