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Meaning of ARGILLITE

Pronunciation:  'ârju`lIt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages
 
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 See Also: sedimentary rock

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ar"gil*lite\, n. [Gr. ? clay + -lite.] (Min.)
Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is
bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish
red, etc. -- {Ar`gil*lit"ic}, a.
 

 

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