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schist [ʃɪst] N no pl geo

schist

а́спидный сла́нец m (вид скалы́)

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The hill itself was a steep escarpment that formed part of a greater range and was a schist of quartz and tall stringybark trees. en.wikipedia.org

Although the dark colour of the black schist is due to carbon, carbon is less than 2% of the content. en.wikipedia.org

The soil in the area is glacial schist and granite. en.wikipedia.org

Many of the buildings are very old, of pink and grey schist, and retain distinctive features, including inscriptions over their doors. en.wikipedia.org

It does not grow well on alkaline soils, such as chalk, but thrives on soils such as soils derived from granite, sandstone, or schist. en.wikipedia.org

Along the contact on the eastern side of the mountain, clasts of pelitic schist can be found embayed in the large-grained granite. en.wikipedia.org

The schist sometimes reveals relatively fine-grained, decimeter-sized, dark interlayers of arenitic composition, most likely ancient greywackes. en.wikipedia.org

The bed rock consists of a series of light-gray chloritic micaceous schists, interbedded with which are limestone and graphitic schists. en.wikipedia.org

These cliffs are mostly made of schist, with some being granite, and vary from long smooth slabs to wildly overhung roofs and aretes. en.wikipedia.org

Above this are schists or shales with beds of turbidites or limestone interleaved. en.wikipedia.org

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