The phrase "a separate type of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when distinguishing one category or classification from another in a discussion or explanation.
Example: "In our study, we identified a separate type of organism that exhibits unique characteristics compared to the others."
Alternatives: "a distinct category of" or "an individual kind of".
Mortars were a separate type of ordnance.
A separate type of earthquake is associated with volcanic activity and is called a volcanic earthquake.
At the same time, North Korea is reportedly contemplating eliminating a two-tier system in which there is a separate type of bank note for foreigners' use only.
But whereas most of this group's work is destined for Chanel's haute couture, Barrie Knitwear is a separate type of acquisition related mainly to ready-to-wear.
Xavi is different – in basic terms he is a separate type of player, preferring constant neat short passes rather than the searching long diagonals that Pirlo and Scholes favour.
As the pre-Islamic qaṣīdah continued to furnish poets during the Islamic period with themes for separate categories of poem, it is to be expected that a separate type of hunt poem (ṭardiyyah) would emerge.
Note: A special, separate type of filter called a protein skimmer is recommended, but not always required.[7].
Scientists say an entirely separate type of human identified from bones in Siberia co-existed and interbred with our own species.
But although the growth path for consumer startups is getting steeper, the model remains distinct from traditional venture capital investments and requires an entirely separate type of due diligence.
At the same time a seemingly very separate type of function has been demonstrated for DCC protein, that of an axonal guidance molecule serving as a receptor for netrin-1 [ 26, 27].
In contrast to the traditional tools and conceptions of legal analysis that see the law as a formally unique and separate type of practice, democratic experimentalism combines democratic aims and experimental practice.
