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Argillite \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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

argillite

noun

a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Argillite \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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