Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A nodular concretion, usually of pyrite or calcite, in association with a coal-seam.
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Examples
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The spores which fell from these cones are found flattened in the coal, and they may be seen scattered about in the coal-ball.
The Fairy-Land of Science Arabella B. Buckley 1884
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