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Phyllite (/ˈfɪlaɪt/ FIL-yte) is a type of foliated metamorphic rock formed from slate that is further metamorphosed so that very fine grained white mica...

divided from south to north into the units Vordertaunus unit (also northern phyllite zone or metamorphic southern edge zone), Taunus ridge unit and Hintertaunus...

boulder-sand terraces is the Proterozoic phyllite called Pauri Phyllite. This highly fractured Pauri Phyllite of Chandpur Formation (Jaunsar Group) is...

metamorphic rock with a protolith of quartz-rich (sandstone) sedimentary rock Phyllite – Type of foliated metamorphic rock – A low grade metamorphic rock composed...

'slate' or 'bluestone', a metamorphic phyllite rock, with both andesite and dacite mineral composition. Dacitic phyllite is a predominant type of rock found...

phyllite, and minor marble. Between 7,600 and 8,200 m (24,900 and 26,900 ft), the North Col Formation consists chiefly of biotite-quartz phyllite and...

Pilar Formation consists of a dense gray-black to black hard carbonaceous phyllite or schist with thin white schistose layers that are interpreted as a metatuff...

rock called slate, which with further metamorphism becomes fine-grained phyllite. Further recrystallization produces medium-grained mica schist. If the...

psammites, garnet (grossular)-diopside marbles, and biotite-graphite phyllites. Near the memorial to the climbers who have died on K2, above Base Camp...

Orogen composed of greywacke-phyllite Jharol Group is spread over 200 km2 area with average width of 40 km carbonate-free phyllite and arenite with turbidite...

pegmatite and allied rock types, and in certain low grade metamorphic phyllites. Spessartine of an orange-yellow is found in Madagascar. Violet-red spessartines...

deposits. Sericite also occurs as the fine mica that gives the sheen to phyllite and schistose metamorphic rocks. The name comes from Latin sericus, meaning...

tends to support evergreen and deciduous forests. The rock consists of phyllites and schists, and is highly susceptible to weathering and erosion. This...

standard sequence formed by the prograde metamorphism of mudrocks; slate, phyllite, schist and gneiss. The slatey cleavage typical of slate is due to the...

Cornell University Press. Caillère S, Hénin S (1947). "Formation d'une phyllite du type kaolinique par traitement d'une montmorillonite". Comptes Rendus...

these sediments and rocks. Metamorphism of argillites produces slate, phyllite, and pelitic schist. The Belt Supergroup, an assemblage of rocks of late...

of varied composition, represented by itabirite, dolomite, quartzite, phyllites and schists different from the general direction northwest–southeast and...

Garth between Menai Bridge and Beaumaris These rocks are schists and phyllites, often contorted and disturbed. The general line of strike of the formations...

and Malawi, in Southern Africa. These hills are composed of quartzites, phyllites and feldspathic sandstones of sedimentary origin. This plateau has the...

characteristic of very low grade metamorphism. Slate in turn is converted to phyllite, which is fine-grained and found in areas of low grade metamorphism. Schist...