Search:schist -> SCHIST
schist
s c h i s t hex:#115;#99;#104;#105;#115;#116;
The Salt of the World?
- Schist - 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.
- Schistaceous - a. - Of a slate color.
- Schistic - a. - Schistose.
- Schistose - a. - Alt. of Schistous
- Schistosity - n. - The quality or state of being schistose.
- Schistous - a. - Of or pertaining to schist; having the structure of a schist.
- Argillite - n. - Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc.
- Micaceo-calcareous - a. - Partaking of the nature of, or consisting of, mica and lime; -- applied to a mica schist containing carbonate of lime.