schistose

American  

[shis-tohs] / ˈʃɪs toʊs /

Also schistous

adjective

1. of, resembling, or in the form of schist.

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Other Word Forms

• schistosity
  noun

Etymology

Origin of schistose

First recorded in 1785–95; schist + -ose ¹

Example Sentences

Spilosite, spil′o-sīt, n. a greenish schistose rock spotted with chlorite, occurring in the Harz—the German Fleckenschiefer.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The mines of California are also largely in schistose rocks, as are also those to the northward, throughout the Pacific mountains, to British Columbia and Alaska, including the recently established mining district at Cape Nome.

From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)

At the base is a conglomerate containing pebbles from the formation below, the Ely greenstone, which is made up of altered basalts and andesites, generally in a schistose condition, but occasionally exhibiting spherulitic structures.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

They are not only intensely folded and crushed, but in large part have been caused to flow under great pressure, and have thus acquired a schistose structure.

From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)

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