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james9437

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In the United States, what is the term for the softest coal? The hardest coal?
 
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What is coal? Where did it come from?
 
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Answer to Question 1

Softest is lignite or brown coal. Hardest is anthracite or hard coal

Answer to Question 2

Coal is black or brown rocklike material developed from plants that died 1 million to 400 million years ago.



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