Min. [mod. f. Gr. ἄνθρακ- coal + -ωνη female descendant, derivative + -ITE; so named by von Moll.] A name given to black varieties of limestone, as common black marble, and the black bituminous or fetid limestones called swinestones or stinkstones.
1843. Humble, Dict. Geol., Anthraconite,… on rubbing, yields a sulphureo-bituminous odour.
