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Definition of Chlorite slate

Chlorite slate
Chlorite Chlo"rite, n. [Gr. ? (sc. ?), fr. ? light green.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia. Chlorite slate, a schistose or slaty rock consisting of alumina, iron, and magnesia.

Meaning of Chlorite slate from wikipedia

- The chlorites are the group of phyllosilicate minerals common in low-grade metamorphic rocks and in altered igneous rocks. Greenschist, formed by metamorphism...
- to chlorite and mica. Organic carbon in the rock is converted to graphite. Slate is mainly composed of the minerals quartz, illite, and chlorite, which...
- about 2 km (6,600 ft) thick, consist of Upper Proterozoic sericite and chlorite slate and schist that contain minor amounts of metavolcanic rocks, metaconglomerates...
- primarily composed of quartz, sericite mica, and chlorite. Phyllite has fine-grained mica flakes, whereas slate has extremely fine mica flakes, and schist has...
- The Bressay Stone is an outstanding example of Pictish art. a slab of chlorite slate, about 16 inches [400 mm] wide at the top, tapering to less than a foot...
- texture reflects a high content of platy minerals, such as mica, talc, chlorite, or graphite. These are often interleaved with more granular minerals,...
- east and west rock formation converge. Strata of mica slate, argillaceous, and chlorite slates, and limestones, alternate. An extensive deposit of gray...
- erected inside the churchyard in 2000. It is described as "a slab of chlorite slate, about 16 inches wide at the top, tapering to less than a foot at the...
- transparency somewhat greater than that of chalybite. It is found in chlorite slate at St. Gothard, also in the Zillerthal, in the Tyrol, and in Piedmont"...
- and the Great Hall of Heraldry. The courtyard prominently displays chlorite slate stone from the nearby Kreuzbergl, a material also seen in other local...