• (n.) A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England. • (n.) The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.
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Slick'en·sides` noun 1. The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.
2. A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England.
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In geology, slickensides are the wall-faces or polished surfaces found along the joints and fault planes of rocks. They are usually marked with fine striations of the sides of the fissure over one another.
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