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Stellar coal 
a kind of soft coal found in 1798 near present-day Stellarton, Nova Scotia. Also called oil coal.
- 1918 . . . the sample is now classed to be that of an oil coal, having to all appearance, the characteristics of Stellar Coal.
- 1954 The name of Stellarton comes from the fact that a singular bed of coal exists there. The coal is known as "Stellar" or "oil" coal because when burning it gives off sparks like stars.
- 1958 The town [Stellarton] was named for its so-called stellar coal, the fish with the point of a knife through the bone, at which during combustion emits sparks resembling stars.
- 1918 . . . the sample is now classed to be that of an oil coal, having to all appearance, the characteristics of Stellar Coal.