Schist

[ʃɪst]

Definition

(noun.) any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers.

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Definition

(n.) Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.

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Definition

n. a term properly applied to crystalline rocks with a foliated structure as mica-schist hornblende-schist &c.—indurated clay-rocks with a fissile structure are sometimes erroneously described as schists.—adjs. Schistā′ceous slate-gray; Schist′ic Schist′ous Schist′ose like schist: slaty.—n. Schistos′ity quality of being schistose.

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