Pitch coal (disambiguation)

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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  • as a rather outdated synonym for the gagat, which is often used as a gemstone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