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Schist (/ˈʃɪst/ SHIST) is a medium-grained
metamorphic rock
showing pronounced schistosity (named for the rock). This
means that the rock is
composed of...
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Greece 1822–present The
oldest known human presence in
Athens is the Cave of
Schist,
which has been
dated to
between the 11th and 7th
millennia BC.
Athens has...
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Catalina Schist is a
metamorphic rock
complex primarily exposed on
Santa Catalina Island of the
Channel Islands of California. It
formed during the...
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Schist Point (60°43′S 45°14′W / 60.717°S 45.233°W / -60.717; -45.233) is a con****uous
point at the west side of
Divide Peaks on the
south coast of...
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Creveney shale mining operation,
managed by Société des
Schistes et Pétroles de Franche-Comté (SPF) for the
manufacture of the fuel
known as Natioline...
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Manhattan consists of
three rock formations:
Fordham gneiss,
Manhattan schist, and
Tuckahoe marble (Inwood marble),
which are well
suited for the foundations...
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Schistes is a
genus of
hummingbirds in the
family Trochilidae. It was long
considered to have only one species, the wedge-billed
hummingbird but this species...
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tycoon Fred
Schist bought the
ancient tribal lands from
shaman and
Seminole chieftain Ted Sallis, the
first to disappear.
Schist claimed that Sallis...
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Blueschist ( /ˈbluːʃɪst/), also
called glaucophane schist, is a
metavolcanic rock that
forms by the
metamorphism of
basalt and
rocks with
similar composition...
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Argillaceous schist is
metamorphic rock
which exhibits fine
laminations of clay materials. Its
protolith is argillite. Kontogianni, V.; Tzortzis, A.; Stiros...
