- A
maceral is a component,
organic in origin, of coal or oil shale. The term '
maceral' in
reference to coal is
analogous to the use of the term 'mineral'...
- of
coals and most
sedimentary kerogens.
Vitrinite is a type of
maceral,
where "
macerals" are
organic components of coal
analogous to the "minerals" of...
-
Funginite is a
maceral, a component,
organic in origin, of coal or oil shale,
exhibiting several different physical properties and
characteristics under...
- size.
Macerals are
coalified plant parts that
retain the
morphology and some
properties of the
original plant. In many coals,
individual macerals can be...
- the
following group of
macerals: sporinite, cutinite,
alginite (telalginite and lamalginite), resinite.[citation needed]
Macerals (from the same
Latin source...
- maturation, but some
macerals undergo large changes while other macerals undergo relatively small changes. In addition,
macerals that are
richer in aromatic...
-
presence of
charred spores and
other carbonized plant debris in the
pollen maceral that
indicate the
occurrence of
ancient wildfires ignited during periods...
- altered) when
heated in the
absence of oxygen.
Inertinite is a
common maceral in most
types of coal. The main
inertinite submacerals are fusinite, semifusinite...
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Cutinite is a
liptinite maceral formed from
terrestrial plant cuticles, and
often found in coal deposits. It is
classified as a Type II kerogen. "Unicorns...
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different macerals from
thermal coal, i.e.
different forms of the
compressed and
fossilized vegetative matter that
compose the coal. The
different macerals arise...
