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    Schist (/ˈʃɪst/ SHIST) is a medium-grained metamorphic rock showing pronounced schistosity. This means that the rock is composed of mineral grains easily...
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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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  • The 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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    The Brahma Schist consists of amphibolite, hornblende-biotite-plagioclase schist, biotite-plagioclase schist, orthoamphibole-bearing schist and gneiss...
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    The Haast Schist, which contains both the Alpine and Otago Schist, is a metamorphic unit in the South Island of New Zealand. It extends from Central Otago...
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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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  • Schist Point (60°43′S 45°14′W / 60.717°S 45.233°W / -60.717; -45.233) is a conspicuous point at the west side of Divide Peaks on the south coast of...
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    Athens (redirect from Cave of Schist)
    1832–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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    The Bündner schist or Bündner slate (German: Bündnerschiefer; French: schistes lustrés) is a collective name for schistose rocks that form a number of...
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    The "Schistes bitumineux" (French for Oil shale/Bituminous shale) is an Early Jurassic geologic formation in Bascharage, Luxembourg that is located within...
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  • The Schistes de Buxières is a geologic formation in France. It preserves fossils dating back to the Permian period. Earth sciences portal France portal...
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  • oil 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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    layers, with less foliation than the mica schist. It weathers into a dark red soil. The texture of the mica schist is made up of heterogenous layers of minerals...
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    carefully crafted natural stone vessel are unclear. The artifact, made of schist (a term previously used in Egyptology for weakly metamorphic siltstone)...
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  • The Schistes de Saint is a geologic formation in France. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period. Earth sciences portal France portal...
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    basin. The bedrock underlying much of Manhattan is a mica schist known as Manhattan schist of the Manhattan Prong physiographic region. It is a strong...
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    several units, such as Lower Pelitic Schist and Prettyboy Schist. The Wissahickon is described as a pelitic schist and gneiss with interlayers of quartzite...
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    small number of objects. A small schist statuette in the Louvre Museum shows the prince as a miller and another small schist statue in Berlin depicts him...
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    dolomite and siderite also readily yield amphibolite (tremolite-schist, grunerite-schist, and others) especially where there has been a certain amount of...
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  • Schist Lake is approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southeast of Flin Flon, Manitoba. The lake has a maximum depth of 30 metres (98 ft). It is composed...
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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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  • metamorphic rock – A metamorphosed sandstone typically composed of >95% quartz Schist – Easily split medium-grained metamorphic rock Serpentinite – Rock formed...
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  • The Schistes de Fiennes is a geological formation in France. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period. Earth sciences portal France portal...
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    Manhattan (redirect from Manhattan Schist)
    of three rock formations: Inwood marble, Fordham gneiss, and Manhattan schist, and is well suited for the foundations of Manhattan's skyscrapers. It is...
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    Mahaparinirvana, Gandhara, 3rd or 4th century CE, gray schist...
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    Kyanite Andalusite Sillimanite Kyanite occurs in biotite gneiss, mica schist, and hornfels, which are metamorphic rocks formed at high pressure during...
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    Earth's crust. Some examples of metamorphic rocks are gneiss, slate, marble, schist, and quartzite. Slate and quartzite tiles are used in building construction...
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    Slate is not to be confused with shale, from which it may be formed, or schist. The word "slate" is also used for certain types of object made from slate...
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  • 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Sabreclaw is a character in the MC2 universe who first appeared in J2 #8 (May 1999). He is the...
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    of two lithostratigraphic units: the Athens schist and the overlying Acropolis limestone. The Athens schist is a soft reddish rock dating from the late...
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