This type of coal consists of more than 50% of cuticle, the fragments of which occur embedded in gelito-collinite, fusinito-collinite, and collinite of fusinitic nature. In addition to cuticle, spores, resin bodies, and fragments of finely fusinized and gelified tissue are present. Leaf parenchyme and stem tissue, bordered by cuticle, may also be seen. Hand specimens of this type of coal are grayish-black, matt or semimatt, finely striated, or sometimes even banded. The coal breaks angularly and generally has high ash. Cutinite coal occurs as thin bands in seams of different geological age, and its use is largely determined by the other forms of coal with which it is associated.