schistose
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Still more common is the occurrence of sheared, foliated or schistose forms of gabbro.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
The uneven schistose layers of mica-schist and gneiss are probably layers of deposition, which have assumed a crystalline texture.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
The inner zone of crystalline and schistose rocks which forms the main chain of the Alps, is absent in the Apennines except towards the southern end.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
Por′phyroid, a crystalline and schistose rock containing porphyritic crystals of feldspar.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Its members are specially distinguished by a prevailing fissile, or schistose, structure which they did not at first possess, and which differs from anything found in unaltered igneous or sedimentary rocks.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
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