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Meanings of
schist
in inglés
ruso
кристаллические сланцы
portugués
xisto
catalán
esquist
español
esquisto
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Medium-grade metamorphic rock.
crystalline schist
español
esquisto
Usage of
schist
in inglés
1
Hornblende
schist
is common over large areas in the Lake Superior region.
2
There the vein had failed, between the
schist
and the tertiary sandstone.
3
He says-Theformation of Dunk Island is clay slates and micaceous
schist
.
4
They were in a large tunnel with smooth walls of tormented
schist
.
5
But now, halfway up, I was staring at crumbly, dark gray
schist
.
6
These divisions are accented by the general finer texture of the epidotic
schist
.
7
To your happiness, Marianne; and I took a hearty draught of the
schist
.
8
Hornblende
schist
also occur and a compact felspathic rock in the Suris defile.
9
Steep walls of
schist
rise dramatically from the river, making mechanised picking impossible.
10
Here, on the great median moraine, stood a huge boulder of micaceous
schist
.
11
The Catoctin
schist
is geographically the most important of the volcanic rocks of Loudoun.
12
Of hornblende
schist
;
these are elongate and intended to be used with both hands.
13
The hills which bound the valley of the creek are basalt, sandstone, and
schist
.
14
On the road to Catia we see the chloritic
schist
passing into hornblende
schist
.
15
The highest rock observed with mica
schist
was at an altitude of 3440 feet.
16
An hour-glass shaped tube made of gray hydro-mica
schist
,
which resembles very compact steatite.
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schist
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
hornblende schist
metamorphic schist
micaceous schist
black schist
bold schist
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Translations for
schist
ruso
кристаллические сланцы
portugués
xisto
catalán
esquist
español
esquisto
Schist
through the time
Schist
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common