foliated crystalline rock

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• Rock microstructure — includes the texture of a rock and the small scale rock structures. The words texture and microstructure are interchangeable, with the latter preferred in modern geological literature. However, texture is still acceptable because it is a useful… …   Wikipedia

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• schist — /shist/, n. any of a class of crystalline metamorphic rocks whose constituent mineral grains have a more or less parallel or foliated arrangement. [1775 85; < NL schistus, L (lapis) schistos < Gk schistós divided, curdled, divisible, deriv. of… …   Universalium

• Schist — (sh[i^]st), n. [Gr. ? divided, divisible, fr. ? to divide: cf. F. 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• schist — noun Etymology: French schiste, from Latin schistos (lapis), literally, fissile stone, from Greek schistos that may be split, from schizein Date: circa 1782 a metamorphic crystalline rock that has a closely foliated structure and can be split… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• schist — noun Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates …   Wiktionary

• schist —   n. foliated metamorphic crystalline rock.    ♦ schistaceous, a. slate coloured.    ♦ schistic,    ♦ schistose, a.    ♦ schistoid, a. like schist.    ♦ schistosis, n. fibrosis of lungs from inhaling slate dust …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Geology of the Australian Capital Territory — Australia grew around three fused pieces of very ancient continental crust (cratons). The geology of the Australian Capital Territory includes rocks dating from the Ordovician around 480 million years ago, whilst most rocks are from the Silurian …   Wikipedia

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• Schist — The schists constitute a group of medium grade metamorphic rocks, chiefly notable for the preponderance of lamellar minerals such as micas, chlorite, talc, hornblende, graphite, and others. Quartz often occurs in drawn out grains to such an… …   Wikipedia

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