Lignite
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Description:
A sample of black, massively brittle lignite, collected from the Tertiary horizon and exhibited at the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition (1901-1902).
- Site: LA; Louisiana
- Site Number: NH58
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Rock type: Sedimentary
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Sedimentary Rock
- Object Id: GR820
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