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Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mic…

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  1. n. Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.
  2. n. any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers
  3. Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.
  4. Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (seeFoliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs orslates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist,consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and oftenfeldspar.
  5. n:100 n. any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers