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  2. Phyllite - Wikipedia

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    Phyllite Photomicrograph of thin section of phyllite (in cross polarised light) Fractured Duke stone showing phyllitic texture Phyllite. Phyllite (/ ˈ f ɪ l aɪ t / FIL-yte) is a type of foliated metamorphic rock formed from slate that is further metamorphosed so that very fine grained white mica achieves a preferred orientation. [1]

  3. Foliation (geology) - Wikipedia

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    Rocks exhibiting foliation include the standard sequence formed by the prograde metamorphism of mudrocks; slate, phyllite, schist and gneiss. The slatey cleavage typical of slate is due to the preferred orientation of microscopic phyllosilicate crystals. In gneiss, the foliation is more typically represented by compositional banding due to ...

  4. Slate - Wikipedia

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    Natural slate, which requires only minimal processing, has an embodied energy that compares favorably with other roofing materials. [19] Natural slate is used by building professionals as a result of its beauty and durability. Slate is incredibly durable and can last several hundred years, [20] often with little or no maintenance. [18]

  5. List of rock types - Wikipedia

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    Phyllite Banded gneiss with a dike of granite orthogneiss Marble Quartzite Manhattan Schist, from Southeastern New York Slate. Anthracite – Hard, compact variety of coal; Amphibolite – Metamorphic rock type; Blueschist – Type of metavolcanic rock; Cataclasite – Rock found at geological faults – A rock formed by faulting

  6. Pilar Formation - Wikipedia

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    The formation was originally designated as the Hondo Slate by Evan Just in his 1937 survey of pegmatites in northern New Mexico. [5] However, this name conflicted with other unit names, and it was renamed the Pilar Phyllite Member of the Ortega Formation by Arthur Montgomery in 1953 [6] Bauer and Williams promoted it to formation rank within the Vadito Group in their sweeping revision of the ...

  7. Argillite - Wikipedia

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    The Haida carvings of Haida Gwaii along the coast of British Columbia are notable aboriginal art treasures created from a type of a hard, fine black silt argillite, sometimes called "black slate". The black slate occurs only at a quarry on a Slatechuck Mountain in the upper basin of Slatechuck Creek, near the town of Skidegate on Graham Island.

  8. List of mineral symbols - Wikipedia

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    Mineral symbols (text abbreviations) are used to abbreviate mineral groups, subgroups, and species, just as lettered symbols are used for the chemical elements.. The first set of commonly used mineral symbols was published in 1983 and covered the common rock-forming minerals using 192 two- or three-lettered symbols. [1]

  9. List of Roblox games - Wikipedia

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    As the primary user base of Adopt Me! is on average younger than the rest of Roblox, they are especially susceptible to falling for scams. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Uplift Games , the studio behind the game, has accumulated over $16 million in revenue, mostly from microtransactions ; [ 9 ] [ 10 ] the game was the highest profiting game on the platform in the ...