Definitions
A metamorphic rock that splits into thin layers.
Word origin
From French schiste, from Latin schistos lapis (“the stone that is easy to split”), from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “splittable”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”).
Used in a sentence
“Although it shows under the microscope traces of the original gabbro structure and of the original gabbro minerals, no one would hesitate from a microscopical examination to class it with the schists.”
“Millions of years ago the mica schists surrounding the old Brandberg West Mine became folded and concertinaed by enormous horizontal pressures.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Layered rock”6 letters
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