Words to Describe schist
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Things schist often describes ("schist ________")
- series
- zone
- band
- enclaves
- pebbles
- works
- granite
- conglomerate
- boundary
- contacts
- statue
- complex
- contact
- belts
- plain
- alternates
- north
- unit
- limestone
- group
- sequence
- facies
- rock
- aggregate
- gneiss
- junction
- belt
- bands
- formation
- rocks
- groups
- horizon
- type
- zones
- systems
- sequences
- block
- area
- country
- triad
- areas
- metamorphism
- formations
- complexes
- alluvium
- region
- mountains
How schist often is described ("________ schist")
- actinolite
- amphibole
- argillaceous
- grained
- colored
- coloured
- sericitic
- hard
- rusty
- grade
- albite
- aluminous
- andalusite
- contorted
- muscovite
- talcose
- feldspathic
- massive
- silicified
- epidote
- overlying
- biotite
- hornblendic
- black
- psammitic
- mica
- slate
- hornblende
- clayey
- cambrian
- foliated
- chloritic
- glaucophane
- gray
- ferruginous
- graphitic
- quartzose
- laminated
- hematite
- chlorite
- sillimanite
- talc
- bearing
- bituminous
- brown
- green
- plagioclase
- decomposed
- greenish
- garnet
- graphite
- fissile
- tremolite
- sandy
- micaceous
- garnetiferous
- pelitic
- kyanite
- magnetite
- calcareous
- phyllitic
- interbedded
- staurolite
- adjacent
- fine
- siliceous
- feldspar
- amphibolite
- typical
- quartzitic
- slaty
- quartz
- rich
- sericite
- coarse
- carbonaceous
- quartzite
- blue
- metamorphic
- dark
- grey
- soft
- crystalline
- silicious
- weathered
