Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Boghead coal. See
coal .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A variety of
coal , derived from colonialalgae , that looks likecarbonaceous shale
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Permian kerogens from Autun, Fr., and Carboniferous and Permian torbanite from Scotland, Australia, and South Africa appear to consist almost exclusively of Botryococcus colonies, as does Recent post-Pleistocene coorongite from
The Democratic Party's email attacking Jerome Corsi (author of the #1 selling anti-Obama book). Ann Althouse 2008
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