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phyllite
[ fil-ahyt ]
noun
- a slaty rock, the cleavage planes of which have a luster imparted by minute scales of mica.
phyllite
/ f瑟藞l瑟t瑟k; 藞f瑟la瑟t /
noun
- a compact lustrous metamorphic rock, rich in mica, derived from a shale or other clay-rich rock
phyllite
- A green, gray, or red metamorphic rock, similar to slate but often having a wavy surface and a distinctive luster imparted by the presence of mica.
Derived Forms
- phyllitic, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辫丑测濒路濒颈迟路颈肠 [fi-, lit, -ik], adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of phyllite1
Example Sentences
Two years ago, I scrambled into a six-foot-deep soil pit dug into this hillside to examine the crumbling phyllite rock just below the topsoil.
Crouching in the dirt, I could see grass roots reaching deep into the soil, and crumbling rock called phyllite that spoke of centuries of evolution and decay.
The soil is phyllite, or decomposing slate, the rock easy to crumble by hand.
鈥淗eat and pressure squeezed these layers and recrystallized them into schist鈥 鈥 after intermediate periods as shale, slate and phyllite.
It takes your basic quiet marine shales, which had been resting peacefully in nice horizontal layers on the sea bed, and squeezes and cooks them into phyllite.聽
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