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Anthracite is a type of sedimentary rock which is hard and is variety of coal that has high luster
From Greek anthrakites, from anthrax, anthrak meaning coal
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
A ganister is a hard, fine-grained quartzose sandstone or orthoquartzite which is basically used in the manufacture of silica brick typically used to line furnaces and is a type of sedimentary rocks.
From gan′is-ter i.e a hard, close-grained siliceous stone, often forming the stratum which underlies a coal-seam
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock