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coal is formed from decayed remains and fossils being smashed, ''compacted'' together until their chemicals merge together from the pressure of the compacting. this is also how diamonds form from coal just more heat and more pressure (compacting).

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Q: Explain how compaction is important in the formation of coal?
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