A manufactured fuel made by processing coal or coal products, often used as a cleaner-burning alternative to raw coal.
Coal + -ite (mineral/rock suffix). The suffix -ite is commonly used in chemistry and geology for solid substances. Coalite was trademarked in the early 20th century as a commercial smokeless fuel product.
Coalite was one of the early attempts to make coal 'cleaner' for home heating—it produced less smoke than raw coal, which was a huge deal in polluted Victorian cities!
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