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chiastolite slates

chiastolite slates is the plural of chiastolite slate.

Meaning of chiastolite slate

Noun

chiastolite slate (plural chiastolite slates)

  1. 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.

Questions about chiastolite slates

What is chiastolite slates the plural of?
Chiastolite slates is the plural of chiastolite slate.

Words near chiastolite slates in the dictionary

  1. Chiassons
  2. chiastic
  3. chiastically
  4. chiastolite
  5. chiastolite slate
  6. chiastolite slates
  7. chiastolites
  8. chiastolitic
  9. chiastoneurous
  10. chiastoneury
  11. Chiating

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