schist

(s̸hist)

noun

any of a group of metamorphic rocks containing parallel layers of flaky minerals, as mica or talc, and splitting easily into thin, parallel leaves

Origin: Fr schiste < L schistos (lapis), split (stone) < Gr schistos, easily cleft < schizein, to cleave: see schizo-

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noun

Any of various medium-grained to coarse-grained metamorphic rocks composed of laminated, often flaky parallel layers of chiefly micaceous minerals.

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Origin: French schiste

Origin: , from Latin (lapis) schistos, fissile (stone), a kind of iron ore

Origin: , from Greek skhistos, split, divisible

Origin: , from skhizein, to split; see skei- in Indo-European roots

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