Which mineral is popularly known as 'buried sunshine'?
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. Coal.
- Coal is also called the "Buried Sunshine" because it developed from the remains of plants and greens that existed as long as 500 million years ago.
- Coal is also popularly known as the Black diamond.
- Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock called coal seams
- Carbon is mostly found in coal along with variable amounts of other elements like hydrogen, sulphur, oxygen and nitrogen.
- Anthracite is considered the highest grade of coal because of its high percentage of fixed carbon and low percentage of volatile matter.
- Dhanbad is also known as the coal capital of India.