Carbon
1. A nonmetallic chiefly tetravalent element found native (as in diamond and
graphite) or as a constituent of coal, petroleum, and asphalt, of limestone and
other carbonates, and of organic compounds or obtained artificially in varying
degrees of purity especially as carbon black, lampblack, activated carbon,
charcoal, and coke
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Shown is some carbon in the form of coal on a shovel |