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Document Type
Research
Abstract
35. The origin
Fusain has been described by various workers as a black, dull, fibrous, friable charcoal-like material which readily breaks down to dust and exhibits a cellular structure when examined microscopically. According to White (1926, p. 267) fusain or as it has been known to others; mother of coal, mineral charcoal, carbonized wood, fusit, or faserkohle is composed of all kinds of woody material and occurs in post-Devonian coals and in sediments of all kinds.
Publication Date
1952
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
59
Issue
1
First Page
296
Last Page
301
Copyright
©1952 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Skolnick, Herbert
(1952)
"The Origin of Fusain,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 59(1), 296-301.
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https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol59/iss1/35