Anthraconite


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An`thrac´o`nite


n.1.(Min.) A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; - called also stinkstone and swinestone.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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