anthracite/ˈænθɹəˌsaɪt/EtymologyVia Latin from Ancient Greek ἀνθρακῖτις (anthrakîtis, “a kind of coal”), from ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “charcoal”). By surface analysis, anthrac- + -ite.anthracite means A form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.nounA form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals.A dark grey color.“In the past, when the author was studying, architects only employed a very restricted palette of colours: the white of modernism, black, a “friendly” shade of anthracite and light grey!”