Sedimentary Rock Lignite
name: label: Discipline
content: Mineral Sciences
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: These fragments are from the gem named Jet, a mineraloid from Lignite, which is a lower rank of coal (a carbon mineral). Mineraloids are mineral-like substances that vary slightly from the standard chemical compositions contained in most minerals. One is a small slab and one uncut, and each is black in color. It measures around 6 cm x 3.5 cm x 2.8 cm in size or less.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Feb 2024
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Sedimentary Rock Lignite
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO42083
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections