schistose
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toʊs adjective
of, resembling, or in the form of schist.
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schist (ʃɪst) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers because its micaceous minerals have become aligned in thin parallel bands | |
| [C18: from French schiste, from Latin lapis schistos stone that may be split, from Greek skhizein to split] | |
| 'schistose | |
| —adj | |
| schistosity | |
| —n | |
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Science Dictionary
schist  (shĭst) Pronunciation Key
A highly foliated, medium-grained metamorphic rock that splits easily into flakes or slabs along well-defined planes of mica. The mineral composition of schist is varied and is often reflected in the name given to the rock. For example, a schist that contains garnet is called a garnet schist. A schist containing chlorite is called a chlorite schist. schistose adjective (shĭs'tōs') |
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Example sentences
Blue, thin-bedded, finely crystalline schistose limestone and calcareous slate.
The western part of these metamorphic rocks are mainly phyllite, grading eastward into quartzitic and schistose rocks.
Two generations of cleavage are evident in the more schistose rocks, the older schistosity being transected by a slip cleavage.
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