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Shale vs Maceral - What's the difference?

shale | maceral |

As nouns the difference between shale and maceral

is that shale is saddle while maceral is a component of coal or oil shale.

shale

English

(wikipedia shale)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
  • * Chapman
  • the green shales of a bean
  • (geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
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    Derived terms

    * shaley * * shaly

    Verb

    (shal)
  • To take off the shell or coat of.
  • Synonyms

    * shell

    Anagrams

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    maceral

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia maceral)
  • A component of coal or oil shale.
  • Inertinite, vitrinite and liptinite are macerals .

    Anagrams

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