Feb 27, 2017. 1  Tonight, Casey Affleck took home the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Manchester by the Sea. While this might be a reason for celebration for the new Oscar-winner, not everyone was so eager to join in with the applause.
Bituminous coal is a sedimentary rock. Anthracite coal is considered a metamorphic rock.
The three main ranks of coal are lignite, bituminous coal, and anthracite. Lignite is closely related to peat but has a lower moisture content. It has the lowest heating value of any of the ranks of coal. Bituminous coal is more dense than lignite and is black in color.