Iridescent Anthracite (?)
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Greenleaf
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First time I've noticed this. Blue, Green, Purple highlights on my black rocks. Reminds me of rain water highlights of same colors on the ground at a fuel station when fuel and water is present.
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Hambden Bob
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I think Our "Ad Hoc Honorary Historian" Jack will be able to fill You in on "Rainbow Coal"..!!
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freetown fred
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Yup, RAINBOW indeed---very pretty. Jack gave me a good sized chunk at our infamous Meet & Greet back when. 
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Greenleaf
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This is from a particular mine or common place for Anthracite?freetown fred wrote: ↑Thu. Feb. 08, 2024 12:30 pm Yup, RAINBOW indeed---very pretty. Jack gave me a good sized chunk at our infamous Meet & Greet back when.
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freetown fred
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Pretty common G.
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waytomany?s
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Pretty looking stuff! I still have a couple pieces that Jack gave me last year. I think I had posted about it a couple of times, many years back, but I once had several 55 gal. drums full of peacock coal. It was part of an estate clean out of an old railroad man. They would scoop up a little spillage. I burned it, not really knowing how scarce it was. Nearly no volatiles, took a whole lot of air and burned a very long time. Super hard Anthracite, not light it with a match, western middle and western southern field coal. I was told it was steel industry met Anthracite, don't know if that's correct. I think they call that ultra high-quality Anthracite, like they mine in British Columbia. Must have been some real deep mined coal.