Lignite is brownish-black in color and has a carbon content of 60-70 percent on a dry ash-free basis. However, its inherent moisture content is sometimes as high as 75 percent and its ashcontent ranges from 6–19 percent, compared

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Most lignite is used to generate electricity. However, small amounts are used in agriculture, in industry, and even, as jet, in jewelry. Its historical use as fuel for home heating has continuously declined and is now of lower importance than its use to generate electricity.

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Lignite begins as an accumulation of partially decayed plant material, or peat. Peat accumulates most readily in areas where there is ample

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Lignite is often found in thick beds located near the surface. These are inexpensive to extract using various forms of surface mining,

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Lignite can be separated into two types. The first is xyloid lignite or fossil wood and the second form is the compact lignite or perfect lignite.
Although xyloid lignite may sometimes have the tenacity and the appearance of ordinary wood, it can be

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• Open-pit United Schleenhain coal mine in Saxony, Germany

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List of countries by lignite reserves
Australia
The Latrobe Valley in Victoria, Australia, contains estimated

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