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Rentlar ,

I can’t remember a specific time if I’ve touched coal. I know I’ve done a geology course at one point, and visited various museums with large rock collections.

I’ve definitely seen coal in person protruding from the top of passing railcars… here’s a picture of one I took in South Surrey earlier this month:

picture of coal trainhttps://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/eafd7004-acdc-459a-860e-4667dde4bd7a.jpeg

21Cabbage ,

A gas station in a mining town I visited had little statues carved out of coal.

Nithanim ,

We once had a very old house with a cellar that was not used and not built for living there in any way. So you had plain rock walls and it was pretty moist. I do not know why but there was a single basket of coal down there. So I have seen black coal but I have not touched it.

Crude oil I have seen too back in school. My teacher had a sample to be able to show it.

bjoern_tantau ,
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We bought a house with a small coal supply under the stairs. No idea what to do with it.

Dieinahole ,

I dabble with blacksmithing. I'd take it in a heartbeat

Lath ,

Whoa! Deja Vu!

TheSpermWhale ,
@TheSpermWhale@lemmy.world avatar

I was a huge fan of steam engines when I was younger, so I used to go to heritage railways a lot as a child. Also when I had an LPG car, the place I used to go for fuel also sold coal

AFKBRBChocolate ,

My dad grew up in England in the 20s and 30s, and they always burned coal in their fireplaces (wood much harder to come by there). He always talked about how long it burned and was kind of nostalgic for it, even though we lived in southern California and he was a contractor, so we always had lots of wood from his jobs. When I was a teenager, he decided to get a big bag of it, and it really did make great fires, but it’s messy and smells bad.

We also have a small lump in a little square box with our Christmas stuff that someone got as a novelty gag gift and we never threw it away.

usualsuspect191 ,

It’s pretty easy to find along the river banks around here. It wouldn’t burn if you tossed it in a fire though, not sure why (maybe it’s waterlogged or something).

WhoresonWells ,

I have a bolo tie whose slide ornament is carved anthracite.

I’ve never shoveled coal.

atmur , (edited )

When I was a kid, for some reason I really wanted coal for Christmas and I was diappointed that only the bad kids got it. My parents decided to mess with me one year by hiding all my actual presents and only putting a piece of coal in my stocking. I was thrilled and thought it was so cool. I have no idea why I thought it was cool, I was a weird kid. My parents gave up on the joke before I even realized that none of the presents under the tree had my name on them. I was entirely happy with the piece of coal.

Ironically, it’s become one of my favorite Christmas memories and it’s one of few presents I still have as an adult.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5f0365be-284b-4424-85cb-9ab176de33cb.jpeg

cheesymoonshadow ,
@cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world avatar

Whoa, I didn’t expect coal to look so pretty!

grue ,

There are different types/grades of coal, with anthracite being the hardest and shiniest.

https://image2.slideserve.com/5090804/different-forms-of-coal-l.jpg

BarrelAgedBoredom ,

Lignite balls

felbane ,

lmao gottem

Kingofthezyx ,

Gneiss!

wurstgulasch3000 ,

For some reason I expected coal to be round at least in some form

Zozano ,

And the texture, like a dry snowball?

MrsDoyle ,

Not really. It’s like a rock, but you can easily break it up with a hammer.

Anticorp ,

It’s like a sooty soapstone.

Zeritu ,

I just love this story.

Anticorp ,

Ha! That’s a funny story. Thanks for sharing.

redcalcium ,

I visited a coal power plant when I was still a student in a university. It’s like stony charcoals.

FuglyDuck , (edited )
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

Took a tour of an old/historic cooal mine once. There was still a seam in the wall. And they had some coal and stuff in the gift shop.

You might also see it if you see a blacksmith demonstration. (For example, Historic Fort Snelling, for any one near MSP airport looking for something to do.)

issastrayngewerldkbin ,

We burned coal for heat on the coldest of nights when we lived off grid on a ranch in the mountains of colorado. We only used it if we absolutely had to as its super stinky, dirty and gross. We would get maybe two or three big chunks a year that weighed maybe 1-2 lbs. You can go up into the mountains and see the huge mountains of coal from the mines that have shut down. There are also rows of of coke ovens in monument canyon (used in the 19th century to turn coal into smelting iron)

Zikeji ,
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Growing up my parents had a Jesus on the cross statue carved out of coal. Does that count?

DarkThoughts ,

Did you never seen someone grill? Or had art classes? I've even seen the massive coal mines being excavated here in Germany.

roguetrick ,

I wouldn't grill with anything but anthracite and even then, I don't know that I would. You guys actually use coal from the ground at bbqs? We mostly use charcoal which is pyrolysed wood

gregorum , (edited )

Did you never seen someone grill? Or had art classes?

That’s not coal; that’s charcoal, which is typically a wood byproduct.

FuglyDuck ,
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

That’s, usually not even charcoal. (Well “briquettes” isn’t. Briquettes are mostly sand and filler)

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