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Standard definitions of terms used for megascopic description of coal and coal beds and for microscopical description and analysis of coal

Journal Article · · Annu. Book ASTM Stand.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6747281

Terms used to describe, mainly from megascopic observation, coal beds in the field, in hand specimens, and core or column samples are defined. Additional terms used in the microscopic analysis of coal by reflected light techniques are defined. The defined terms are attrital coal, banded coal, boghead coal, bone coal, lithotype, mineral parting, mineralized coal, nonbanded coal, vitrain, alginite, cutinite, exinite, dusinite, inertinite, maceral, macrinite, micrinite, resinite, sclerotinite, semifusinite, sporinite, and vitrinite.

OSTI ID:
6747281
Journal Information:
Annu. Book ASTM Stand.; (United States), Journal Name: Annu. Book ASTM Stand.; (United States) Vol. 26; ISSN ASTSA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English