-
represent sediments once
containing coal or
plant remains;
there are also
schistose ironstones (hematite-schists), but
metamorphic beds of salt or gypsum...
- but
kyanite appears also in hornfels,
especially in
those that have a
schistose character. The
andalusite may be pink and is then
often pleochroic in...
-
Sericite also
occurs as the fine mica that
gives the
sheen to
phyllite and
schistose metamorphic rocks. The name
comes from
Latin sericus,
meaning "silken"...
- The
Tyrol Schistose Alps (Tiroler
Schieferalpen in German) is the
proposed name for a
subdivision of
mountain ranges in a new, and as yet unadopted, cl****ification...
-
plates barely visible), as a
major component of
chromium rich
phyllitic or
schistose metamorphic rocks of the
greenschist facies.
Verdite is a type of metamorphic...
-
results from
stress produced foliation during crystallization resulting in
schistose textures. A rock that has a
granoblastic texture can be
termed a granofels...
- (includes
slate and phyllite; the
foliation is
called "slaty cleavage"),
schistose (includes schist; the
foliation is
called "schistosity"),
gneissose (gneiss;...
- quartz. It is
typically dark-colored and dense, with a
weakly foliated or
schistose (flaky) structure. The
small flakes of
black and
white in the rock often...
- at low
pressure and temperature. The
facies is
named for the
typical schistose texture of the
rocks and
green colour of the
minerals chlorite, epidote...
- rock-forming mineral, but one of
secondary origin. It
occurs in
marble and
schistose rocks of
metamorphic origin. It is also a
product of
hydrothermal alteration...