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Definition of Argillites

Argillite
Argillite Ar"gil*lite, n. [Gr. ? clay + -lite.] (Min.) Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc. -- Ar`gil*lit"ic, a.

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- particles. The argillites grade into shale when the fissile layering typical of shale is developed. Another name for poorly lithified argillites is mudstone...
- complex, characteristics which make it different from other argillites. The Slatechuck argillite began to form about 70 million years ago when a nearby vent...
- Oligocene 33 to 23 million years ago. Tablelands are often topped with argillite gravel and weathered quartzite, occasionally underlain by shale. The glaciated...
- Argillite is an unincorporated community on the Little Sandy River in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States. It sits at the southern end of the confluence...
- 2008-10-25. Hade, Sigrid; Soesoo, Alvar (2014). "Estonian Graptolite Argillites Revisited: A ****ure Resource?" (PDF). Oil Shale. A Scientific-Technical...
- marlstone, then a first layer of argillite followed by first layer of sandstone and siltstone and then another layer of argillite also followed by sandstone...
- Gisborne. The mountain range is composed primarily of Cretaceous greywacke, argillites, siltstones and sandstones. The Raukumara Epoch, an epoch of the New Zealand...
- M****achusetts. The upper part of the Boston Bay Group consists of the Cambridge Argillite, which overlies the Roxbury Conglomerate. The Roxbury Conglomerate traditionally...
- phyllite was derived from argillite, tuff or tuffaceous sandstone, and volcanic breccia. Occurrence of laminated argillites suggests marine deposition...
- works carved in relatively soft stone such as soapstone, serpentinite, or argillite have also become po****r. Traditional Inuit clothing and footwear is made...