mother of coal

Questions

What does mother of coal mean?

Synonym of fusain (“fossilized charcoal”).

Where does mother of coal come from?

Apparently named via an instance of the same theme whence also mother of pearl and mother of vinegar: a matrix that produces (or was believed to produce) the end product and also coexists therewith.

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