亚洲网紅露点

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phyllite

[ fil-ahyt ]

noun

  1. 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

  1. a compact lustrous metamorphic rock, rich in mica, derived from a shale or other clay-rich rock
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

phyllite

  1. 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.
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Derived Forms

  • phyllitic, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫丑测濒路濒颈迟路颈肠 [fi-, lit, -ik], adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of phyllite1

First recorded in 1820鈥30; phyll- + -ite 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of phyllite1

C19: from phyll ( o ) - + -ite 1
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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.

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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.

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The soil is phyllite, or decomposing slate, the rock easy to crumble by hand.

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鈥淗eat and pressure squeezed these layers and recrystallized them into schist鈥 鈥 after intermediate periods as shale, slate and phyllite.

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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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