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Definition of Schist
1. Noun. Any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers.
Definition of Schist
1. 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.
Definition of Schist
1. Noun. Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. ¹
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Definition of Schist
1. a rock that readily splits into parallel layers [n -S]
Medical Definition of Schist
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Schist
Literary usage of Schist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879 by Wisconsin Chief Geologist (1880)
"Biotite schist occurs to the east on the south side of the river [3262-3]. Covered.
... Mica schist [2148] 50 Gray micaceous quartzite 20 Quartz schist, ..."
2. The Data of Geochemistry by Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1908)
"MICA schist. A great variety of other schists, corresponding to the variations
in the sediments themselves, have received special descriptive names. ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"Fine-grained micaceous hornblende schist, poor in hornblende. 37. Jasper. ...
Impure talc schist. 42. schistose amphibolite rock, poor in hornblende. 43. ..."
4. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1903)
"it fusses into chlorite-schist, und by the loss of mica, into quartz-schist and
... Mica-schist wies in colour mainly according to the hue of its mica. ilr. ..."
5. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"In Great Britain, those members of the series which approach most nearly to
granite in their composition, as gneiss, mica-schist, and hornblende-schist, ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1892)
"On the Occurrence of Detrital Tourmaline in a, Quarts-schist west of Start Point,
South Devon. By AR HUNT, MA, FGS While examining the Devonian cliffs near ..."
7. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1855)
"In Great Britain, those members of the series which approach most nearly to
granite in their composition, as gneiss, mica-schist, and hornblende-schist, ..."
8. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, the Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1855)
"In Great Britain, those members of the series which approach most nearly to
granite in their composition, as gneiss, mica-schist, and hornblende-schist, ..."
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