"Schistous" is a word in ENGLISH
Of or pertaining to schist; having the structure of a
schist.
I can see by your face that I'll never persuade you. And that's surprising, because usually you at least try to see my side."I can see your side," said Cecily. "I've got a much clearer view of it than you do, from over here on my side.
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Read the complete definitionAn earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; -- applied by Brongniart to …
Read the complete definitionArgillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc.
Read the complete definitionA name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included …
Read the complete definitionLaminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose.
Read the complete definitionThe sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, and states of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian system; …
Read the complete definitionPartaking of the nature of, or consisting of, mica and lime; -- applied to a mica schist containing carbonate of …
Read the complete definitionA micaceous mineral occurring in small scales. It is characteristic of certain crystalline schists.
Read the complete definitionA kind of mica related to muscovite, but containing soda instead of potash. It is characteristic of the paragonite schist …
Read the complete definitionClay slate; argillaceous schist.
Read the complete definitionAny crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The …
Read the complete definitionA kind of muscovite occuring in silky scales having a fibrous structure. It is characteristic of sericite schist.
Read the complete definitionAn argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
Read the complete definitionA mineral of a brown to black color occurring in prismatic crystals, often twinned so as to form groups resembling …
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