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Peat, from dead wood and other plant material on the floor of wet tropical forests. In fossilising it became lignite then coal.

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Millions of years ago, coal was plant material that accumulated in swamps and peat bogs. Over time, the plant material was buried under layers of sediment and subjected to heat and pressure, transforming it into coal.

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