Pitch coal (disambiguation)
Pitch coal denotes:
- generally a shiny hard brown coal; see gloss coal # gloss brown coal
- in particular a shiny hard lignite from the southern Bavarian coal mining district; see pitch coal
- as a rather outdated synonym for the gagat, which is often used as a gemstone
- a solid, coal-like residue from the distillation of pitch or tar, also called pitch coke ; see petroleum coke