Originally posted by ling.speed:

As for coal, no it cannot be fossilized coal. Thats the point, it literally comes from burning live wood. Its Träkol, and i'd expect every language on earth distinguish the two things because of how important both were to old civilizations.

You're wrong in your expectation :) In French, the word "charbon" is used both coal and charcoal. We can make a distinction ("charbon de terre" and "charbon de bois"), but we usually don't.