chiastolite slate (English, noun)
expansion: chiastolite slate (plural chiastolite slates)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: chiastolite slates
tags: plural