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blue schist

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noun

  1. a metamorphic rock formed under conditions of high pressure and relatively low temperature

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A square was discovered 20 met. wide by 25 met. long, paved with large slabs of granite of greenish blue schist.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

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