schist
noun
any of a class of crystalline metamorphic rocks whose constituent mineral grains have a more or less parallel or foliated arrangement.
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They are foliated in places, the planes of schistosity being more or less parallel with the planes of bedding in the schists.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
The epidote occurs in the form of lenses arranged parallel to the planes of schistosity, reaching as high as five feet in thickness and grading from that down to the size of minute grains.
From History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia by James William Head
Extreme pressure is likely to develop schistosity in rock, the cleavage planes being at right angles to the direction of pressure.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood
The ore bodies are roughly parallel to the bedding, but in instances follow the schistosity which cuts across the bedding.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
Many varieties have lost all of their original character in the secondary schistosity.
From History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia by James William Head
