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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

This term has 10,109 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300011098

Broader Terms used

mineral

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Sidney Sussex

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Mason, W.

Broock

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Lewis, George Robert

The Embankment

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Rackham, Arthur

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