The project manager for the development of the Physical Setting/Earth Science Core Curriculum was Elise Russo, Associate in Science Education, with content and assessment support provided by Sharon Miller, Associate in. Educational Testing. Diana K. Harding, Associate in Science Education, provided additional support.
Coal (from the Old English term col, which has meant mineral of fossilized carbon since the 13th century) is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.
1 a combustible compact black or dark-brown carbonaceous rock formed from compaction of layers of partially decomposed vegetation: a fuel and a source of coke, coal gas, and coal tar See also anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite, peat1. ( as modifier): coal cellar, coal merchant, coal mine, coal dust.