schistose

American  

[shis-tohs] / ˈʃɪs toʊs /

Also schistous

adjective

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

---

Other Word Forms

• schistosity noun

Etymology

Origin of schistose

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

Example Sentences

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

Itacolumite, it-a-kol′ūm-īt, n. a schistose quartzite, containing scales of mica, talc, and chlorite, often having a certain flexibility.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

It is particularly displayed around masses of granite, where sandstones are found altered into quartzite, shales and grits into schistose compounds, and where sometimes fossils are still recognizable among the metamorphic minerals.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

In Calabria the chain consists chiefly of crystalline and schistose rocks; it is the Mesozoic and Tertiary zone which has here been sunk beneath the sea.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

These truncated mounds are composed mainly of gneiss, sometimes of quartzite, and in the northern portion the chain becomes more fertile and of a clayey, schistose nature.

From Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland by Hart, H. C.