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What is the noun for schists?

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schist
  1. Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The slate, where thermally metamorphosed, has been turned into siliceous hornfels and mica schist.”
      “The Borve Series is dominated by varieties of quartzo-feldspathic schist and gneiss, composed mainly of plagioclase, quartz, and biotite.”
      “Some individuals and small teams sifted through the loose black schist, taking advantage of a small stream.”
schistosity
  1. (geology) The quality or state of being schistose.
schistosities
  1. plural of schistosity
schists
  1. plural of schist
  2. Examples:
    1. “The light colored andradite varieties topazolite and demantoid occur mainly in serpentinites and chlorite schists.”
      “The three mountainous areas consist of large cores of igneous rocks surrounded by larger areas of metamorphic rocks, mostly schists and gneiss.”
      “The Dzag schists to the north of the ophiolite zone have previously been interpreted as part of an accretionary wedge.”
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