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schist
talc schist
talc schist A
regional metamorphic rock composed predominantly of
talc, and displaying a
schistosity. The rock forms by the
metamorphism and deformation of
ultrabasic igneous rocks in regional
terranes.
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The Pinal Schist, southeast Arizona, USA: Contraction of a Palaeoproterozoic rift basin
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 11/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Abstract: The Palaeoproterozoic Pinal Schist of southeast Arizona comprises mainly...The deformation history of the Pinal Schist includes foliation and elongation-lineation...Arizona in the turbiditic rocks of the Pinal Schist as well as in rocks of more continental...
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Schist's natural appeal
Newspaper article from: The Press; 9/12/2000; 617 words
; ...building materials. His company, Alexandra Schist, freights in stone from central Otago...Donnithorne, and built by Brian Dixon. Square schist columns at each corner of the structure...the ocean at Taylors Mistake. It has schist columns inside and out, and huge glass...
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Schist and wild thyme
Newspaper article from: The Press; 10/21/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...We were just beginning to enjoy the schist rock and wild-thyme landscape when we...twin tunnels cut through the gorge's schist bluffs. Emerging, blinkingly, on the...high Poolburn Viaduct with its grand schist rock piers and abutments. We lingered...
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Geologists ponder the depth of earthquakes. (layer of soft schist rock reduces intensity of earthquakes in Southern California)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science News; 8/3/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...They report that a hidden layer of soft schist rock helps to buffer Southern California...changes dramatically. Where composed of schist, the layer is thinner. An earthquake...rupture created by slipping plates. Because schist softens under less temperature and pressure...
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BAND-ORE RESOURCES LTD. ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF SCHIST LAKE PROPERTY.
Business Wire; 5/4/1995; 609 words
; ...Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce the acquisition of the "Schist Lake" property. This 1 claim (12 unit) property is located...highly mineralized deformed zone of sulphide carbonate sericite schist. The mineralized zone has been traced for a minimum strike...
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Mock schist
Newspaper article from: The Press; 3/27/2004; 700+ words
; ...to build dry walls on their 2ha property in the hinterlands of Christchurch. From a distance the walls appear to be made of schist. Scrutinised close up, their origins are more apparent, but no less attractive for that. The now widowed owner shies from...
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Mica Schist.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Prairie Schooner; 3/22/2006; ; 371 words
; Mica Schist St. Nicholas Park in Harlem is one of few spots on the island of Manhattan where you can stand on terraces of rock untouched since...
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Bonhams employees with an Egyptian schist child's sarcophagus.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 1/22/2008; 414 words
; Byline: Picture, MATT DUNHAM, Press Association Bonhams employees with an Egyptian schist child's sarcophagus, at the auction house's offices in London. The piece is expected to fetch between pounds 10,000 and pounds 20,000 in Bonhams forthcoming Egyptian revival sale
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Tectonic sequence diagrams and the structural evolution of schists and gneisses in multiply deformed terranes
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Abstract: The current practice of numbering deformation phases (D^sub 1^ D^sub n^) in a multiple deformed terrane obscures the link between data and inference, and can lead to erroneous interpretations. Routine production of tectonic sequence diagrams (TSDs) allows a method whereby all deformation
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Planet Exploration Reports 0.827 Opt Gold Over 6.56 Feet, 0.775 Opt Gold Over 3.28 Feet and 0.760 Opt Gold Over 3.28 Feet From the Main Discovery Zone - 0.827 opt (28.34 g/t) gold over 6.56 feet (2.00m), 0.775 opt (26.56 g/t) gold over 3.28 feet (1.00m) and 0.760 opt (26.06 g/t) gold over 3.28 feet (1.00m) from the MDZ in the Quartz Sericite Schist - 12 holes completed for approximately 5,500m on MDZ - 8 holes completed for approximately 4,000m on UDZ - results pending - Drilling at Sidace Lake to recommence after freeze up
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 10/25/2007; 700+ words
; CALGARY, ALBERTAMarketwire - Oct. 25, 2007) - Planet Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PXI) is pleased to announce results of the recently completed summer/fall drilling program, on the Main Discovery Zone ("MDZ") at Sidace Lake, Ontario, under the Joint Venture with Red Lake Gold Mines, an affiliate
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schist
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...preexisting rocks. The commonest of the schists is mica schist, the essential minerals of which...biotite or muscovite). Other schists are hornblende schist, talc schist, chlorite schist, and graphite schists. Schists are abundant in the Precambrian...
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Schist
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...metamorphic grade of a schist depends on how thoroughly...end of this scale, the schists blur into the gneisses...During the formation of a schist or gneiss , the parent...crystal structure gives the schists their characteristic...are many varieties of schist. Two categories of particular...
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glaucophane-schist facies
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
glaucophane-schist facies A set of metamorphic mineral assemblages produced by metamorphism of a wide range of starting rock types under the same...
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talc schist
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
talc schist A regional metamorphic rock composed predominantly of talc , and displaying a schistosity . The rock forms by the metamorphism and deformation of ultrabasic igneous rocks in regional terranes .
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Metamorphic Rock
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...lots of pressure and increasing heat, rock called schist forms. Schist, which is a medium-grained regional metamorphic...is formed by a higher pressure and temperature than schist. These rocks are coarse grained and, although layered...
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