: a metamorphic crystalline rock that has a closely foliated structure and can be split along approximately parallel planes
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Feldspar and mica, the main minerals in plutonic rocks like granite and metamorphic rocks like gneiss and schist, react with water and oxygen, decaying to clay minerals.
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David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Fordham gneiss, one of the three main New York City rock types (Inwood marble and Manhattan schist are the others), had been the road builders’ big obstacle here.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Five grape varieties from 11 plots filled with limestone and schist known as écailles de Cabrières were grown using biodynamic principles and aged in new oak for six months.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 13 June 2024
Advertisement The base layer of the PV cake is Catalina schist.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
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David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Fordham gneiss, one of the three main New York City rock types (Inwood marble and Manhattan schist are the others), had been the road builders’ big obstacle here.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Five grape varieties from 11 plots filled with limestone and schist known as écailles de Cabrières were grown using biodynamic principles and aged in new oak for six months.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 13 June 2024
Advertisement The base layer of the PV cake is Catalina schist.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
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“Schist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schist. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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schist
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: a metamorphic rock that can be split along nearly parallel planes
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