A naturally occurring crystalline form of carbon dimorphous with diamond. It is opaque, soft, greasy to the touch, and iron black to steel gray; it occurs as crystals, flakes, scales, veins, bedded masses, or disseminations in metamorphic rocks. AGID84
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13yrs ago
Draughtsman: Flaxman, John
Draughtsman: Unknown
Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward
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