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Schist - Wikipedia
Schist is a medium-grained metamorphic rock generally derived from fine-grained sedimentary rock, like shale. It shows pronounced schistosity (named for the ... en.wikipedia.org
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Schist - ALEX STREKEISEN
Schist is a medium-grained strongly-foliated crystalline metamorphic rock, formed by dynamic metamorphism, that can be readily split into thin flakes or slabs. www.alexstrekeisen.it
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Schist | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
Schist is a metamorphic rock that shows visible flat grains that lie like sheets on top of each other. It is mostly made of long and flat minerals like mica. www.usgs.gov
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schistus
‖ ˈschistus Obs. Also 9 shistus, 7 in Gr. form schistos. [mod.L.; see schist1.] = schist1.[1601 Holland Pliny xxxv. xv. II. 558 Of alume..there is one kind which the Greeks call Schistos, and the nature thereof is to cleave along into certaine filaments or threads like haires. 1623 Cockeram 111, Sch... Oxford English Dictionary
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Schist - Geology - rocks and minerals - The University of Auckland
Schist is medium grade metamorphic rock, formed by the metamorphosis of mudstone / shale, or some types of igneous rock, to a higher degree than slate. rocksminerals.flexiblelearning.auckland.ac.nz
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SCHIST Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SCHIST is a metamorphic crystalline rock that has a closely foliated structure and can be split along approximately parallel ... www.merriam-webster.com
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Schistochlamys
The genus name combines the Late Latin schistus meaning "slate" and the Ancient Greek khlamus meaning "mantle" or "cloak". wikipedia.org
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Schist, Scotland - The Geological Society
The rocks in the foreground are mica schists, which also form much of the Scottish Highlands in the background. www.geolsoc.org.uk
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Schist - Black Canyon Of The Gunnison - National Park Service
Schists are the other metamorphic rocks found in the Black Canyon. They are at the other end of the heat and pressure scale. www.nps.gov
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Can someone explain the difference between : schist an skate?
Slate is a low grade metamorphic rock and schist is a medium grade metamorphic rock. Slate is typically very fine grained . It was used for ... www.reddit.com
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schistus, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun schistus is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for schistus is from 1775, in the writing of F. Masson ... www.oed.com
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micaceous
micaceous, a. Min. (maɪˈkeɪʃɪəs) [f. mica + -aceous.] Containing or resembling mica; pertaining to or of the nature of mica, esp. in Combs. forming the descriptive names of various rocks, as micaceous lava, micaceous sandstone, micaceous schist, micaceous shale, micaceous slate.1774 Pennant Tour Sco... Oxford English Dictionary
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Brandon Hill
This blackish siliceous schistus, sometimes containing grains of quartz and when it is broken it has a shivery texture and is hard enough to scratch glass wikipedia.org
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schist
▪ I. schist1 Geol. (ʃɪst) Also 8 shist; and see schistus. [a. F. schiste (in 16th c. scisth, in 18th c. occas. chite, in accordance with the then usual pronunciation), a. L. schistos adj., fissile, readily splitting (lapis schistos, a kind of stone mentioned by Pliny), a. Gr. σχιστός (σχ. λίθος, ‘pr... Oxford English Dictionary
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Slaty-backed gull
The specific schistisagus is from Neo-Latin schistus, "slate", and Latin sagus, "cloak". wikipedia.org
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