SOOT-COAL. S8 9 It is brittle, and easily frangible. It is light. Chemical Characters. It burns with a bituminous smell, cakes, and leaves a small quantity of ashes. Geognostic and Geographic Situations. It occurs, along with slate-coal, in West Lothian, and other parts in the river district of the Forth ; and on the Continent, it is met with in Saxony and Silesia. B b 3 III. GRAPHITE