1) Crystalline, flaky rock 2) Easily split rock 3) Flaky metamorphic rock 4) Flaky rock 5) French word used in English 6) Laminar rock 7) Metamorphic rock 8) Metamorphic rock 9) Mica-like rock 10) Natural material 11) Rock used in walls
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group of medium-grade metamorphic rocks, chiefly notable for the preponderance of lamellar minerals such as micas, chlorite, talc, hornblende, graphite, and others. In the French, schist must be understood as shale.
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a crystalline rock whose component minerals are arranged in a more or less parallel manner
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a metamorphic rock containing layers of different minerals that can be described as foliated or fissile.
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• (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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megascopically crystalline rock that has a highly developed schistosity, or tendency to split into layers. Banding (foliation) is typically poorly ... [7 related articles]
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Schist. Credit: U.S. National Parks Service Any of various medium- to coarse-grained metamorphic rocks characterized by the presence of platy minerals such as micas, chlorite, talc, hornblende, and graphite. These minerals form parallel layers that are often wavy and flaky. The original bedding...
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<geology> 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. ... Origin: Gr. Divided, divisible, fr. To divide: cf. F. Schiste. See Schism....
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Any metamorphic crystalline rock having a foliated structure. It can easily be split into slabs or sheets.
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A coarse-grained, strongly foliated metamorphic rock that develops from phyllite and splits easily into flat, parallel slabs. Type of metamorphic rock made up of parallel layers of flaky, micaceous minerals.
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A metamorphic rock containing abundant particles of mica, characterized by strong foliation, and ori
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Schist (shĭst)
noun [ Greek ... divided, divisible, from ... to divide: confer French
schiste . See
Schism .]
(Geol.) Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see
Foliation ) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are
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A medium-grained or coarse-grained metamorphic rock with strong foliation (schistosity) resulting from parallel orientation of platy minerals, such as mica, chlorite, and talc.
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This is a metamorphic rock. It has been affected by heat and pressure that has altered both the minerals and texture of the rock. The rocks in the Knockan Crag area are called Moine schists, named after A`Mhoine on the north coast. These rocks cover most of Sutherland and the middle of Ross-shire all the way south to the Great Glen. They were origi...
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A medium to coarse grained metamorphic rock with well developed bedding planes derived from the foliated recrystrallization of platy like minerals like mica.
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Schist is a medium to coarse-grained metamorphic rock formed mainly from finely layered sheets of platy or elongated minerals such as mica. These sheets are interleaved with feldspar and quartz.
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A metamorphic rock characterized by strong foliation or schistosity.
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a metamorphic rock in which most of the minerals are arranged in a parallel fashion; the rock splits along the parallel lines and has a characteristic striated appearance.
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A foliated metamorphic rock (recrystallized) characterized by thin foliae that are composed predominantly of minerals of thin platy or prismatic habits and whose long dimensions are oriented in approximately parallel positions along the planes of foliation. Because of this foliated structure schists split readily along these planes and so possess a...
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noun any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers
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Metamorphic rock containing mica; its crystals are arranged in parallel layers or bands. Schist may contain additional minerals such as garnet. The sedimentary rocks mudstone and shale become slate under stress. When slate is subjected to higher temperatures and pressure schist is formed. The tem...
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A loose term applying to foliated metamorphic (recrystallized) rock characterized by thin foliae that are composed predominantly of minerals of thin platy or prosmatic habits and whose long dimensions are oriented in approximately parallel positions along the planes of foliation. Because of this foliated structure, schists split readily along these...
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A strongly foliated, coarsely crystalline metamorphic rock, produced during regional metamorphism, that can readily be split into slabs or flakes because more than 50% of its mineral grains are parallel to each other.
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A foliated metamorphic rock the grains of which have a roughly parallel arrangement; generally developed by shearing.
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metamorphic rock which has a shiny, foliated, medium-grained texture, often containing much mica.
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