schistose
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Gran′ūlīte, a schistose but sometimes massive aggregate of quartz and orthoclase with garnets.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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)
In Brittany a gneissose and schistose igneous series lies at the base of the pre-Cambrian.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" 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.
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