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What does schist mean?

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Noun
  1. Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.
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Molybdenite and corundum are also found in the schist through which the elvan dykes have cut.
The Selcuk nappe contains blocks of metagabbro in a matrix of serpentinite and garnet-mica schist.
Some individuals and small teams sifted through the loose black schist, taking advantage of a small stream.
It includes a variety of rocks, such as basalt, granite, gneiss, quartzite, slate, and schist.
Stone vases were carved, using bronze tools and abrasives, from chlorite schist and marble.
The Borve Series is dominated by varieties of quartzo-feldspathic schist and gneiss, composed mainly of plagioclase, quartz, and biotite.

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