"chiastolite slate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chiastolite slates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chiastolite slate (plural chiastolite slates)
  1. (mineralogy) A rock formed by contact metamorphism of carbonaceous shale, characterized by prominent cleavage or schistosity and the presence of conspicuous chiastolite crystals in a fine-grained groundmass.

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