SCHISTS

Meaning of SCHISTS in English

plural of schist

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

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STAUROLITE — metamorphism in rocks such as mica schists, slates, and gneisses, where it is generally associated with other minerals. Staurolite is …
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SILLIMANITE — or fibrolite Brown, pale green, or white glassy silicate mineral that often occurs in long, slender, needlelike crystals frequently found …
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SCHIST — Crystalline metamorphic rock that has a highly developed tendency to split into layers. Most schists are composed largely of platy …
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DOLOMITE — Type of limestone, the carbonate fraction of which is dominated by the mineral dolomite, calcium magnesium carbonate CaMg(CO 3 ) …
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CRYSTALLINE ROCK — Any rock composed entirely of crystallized minerals without glassy matter (matter without visible crystals). Intrusive igneous rocks (see intrusive rock …
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BEN NEVIS — Highest mountain, British Isles. It is located in the Scottish Highlands; its summit, which reaches 4,406 ft (1,343 m), is …
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AMPHIBOLE — Any of a group of common rock-forming hydrous Amphiboles occur in many igneous rocks as minor and major constituents and …
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AEGIRINE — Pyroxene mineral, sodium and iron silicate (NaFe +3 Si 2 O 6 ), commonly found in alkaline igneous rocks, particularly …
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STAUROLITE — ˈstȯrəˌlīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from stauro- + -lite : a mineral (Fe,Mg) 2 Al 9 Si 4 …
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SCHUNGITE — ˈshu̇ŋˌgīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: German schungit, from Schunga, Shunga, northwest Union of Soviet Socialist Republics + German -it …
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SCHIST OIL — noun : oil distilled from bituminous schists
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OTTRELITE — ˈä.trəˌlīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: French ottrélite, from Ottrez, Belgium, its locality + French -lite : a gray to …
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ICHTHAMMOL — ikˈthaˌmȯl, ˈikthəˌ-, -mōl noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary ichthy osulfonate + amm onium + -ol : a …
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GRANULITE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌlīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary granul- + -ite : a banded or laminated whitish granular rock …
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GLAUCOPHANE — ˈglȯkəˌfān noun ( -s ) Etymology: German glaukophan, from glauk- glauc- + -phan -phane : a mineral Na 2 (Mg,Fe) …
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OTTRELITE — (n.) A micaceous mineral occurring in small scales. It is characteristic of certain crystalline schists.
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LONGMYND ROCKS — () The sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, and states of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian …
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FLYSCH — (n.) A name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and …
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OTTRELITE — ( n. ) A micaceous mineral occurring in small scales. It is characteristic of certain crystalline schists.
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LONGMYND ROCKS — The sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, and states of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian system; …
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PIEDMONTITE — /peed"mon tuyt'/ , n. a mineral, similar to epidote but containing manganese: found in schists and manganese ores. [ 1850-55; …
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ANTHOPHYLLITE — — anthophyllitic /an'theuh feuh lit"ik/ , adj. /an'theuh fil"uyt/ , n. a mineral, magnesium-iron silicate, (Mg,Fe) 7 (Si 8 O …
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TUFF — a relatively soft, porous rock that is usually formed by the compaction and cementation of volcanic ash or dust. (The …
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SCHIST — megascopically crystalline rock that has a highly developed schistosity, or tendency to split into layers. Banding (foliation) is typically poorly …
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FOLIATION — planar arrangement of structural or textural features in any rock type, but particularly that resulting from the alignment of constituent …
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ADULARIA — a feldspar mineral that contains more than 80 percent potassium aluminosilicate (KAlSi3O8). It commonly forms colourless, glassy, prismatic, twinned crystals …
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TRANSCAUCASIA, HISTORY OF — history of the region from prehistoric times to the present. Food-gathering cultures of Mesolithic type, as represented by discoveries near …
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BRUCE SERIES — division of Precambrian rocks in North America that is well-developed northeast of the Lake Huron region (the Precambrian began about …
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SCHIST — n. Crystalline metamorphic rock that has a highly developed tendency to split into layers. Most schists are composed largely of …
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