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Topic: GEOLOGY

Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: schiste, from Latin schistos (lapis) 'stone that can be split', from Greek, from schizein; SCHISM

schist

 noun
     
schist [uncountable]
HEG a type of rock that naturally breaks apart into thin flat pieces
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