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Phyllite

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sericitenoun(mineralogy) A fine-grained mica found in metamorphic rocks
graphiticOf, relating to, resembling, or having the structure of graphite.
metapelitenoun(geology) A metamorphosed pelite rock
pyrophyllitenoun(mineralogy) A soft, pale aluminosilicate mineral, somewhat resembling talc.
kelyphitenoun(mineralogy) A substitution mineral found surrounding garnet in peridotites.
pholeritenoun(mineralogy, obsolete) Synonym of kaolinite.
keratophyrenoun(petrography) A compact porphyritic rock composed of alkali-feldspars and diopside, and possibly including quartz.
pelitenoun(geology) A sedimentary rock containing very fine particles.
lutitenoun(geology, dated) A rock composed of clayey or silty sediment.
phosphophyllitenoun(mineralogy) A rare bluish-green hydrated zinc phosphate mineral.
biopelmicritenoun(geology) A limestone similar to biopelsparite
phytolitenounA fossil plant.
psephitenounA sediment or sedimentary rock composed of fragments that are coarser than sand and which are enclosed in a matrix that varies in kind and amount.
pisolitenoun(geology) A sedimentary rock formed from pisoids
phthanitenoun(mineralogy) chert
pearlitenounA two-phased lamellar structure composed of alternating layers of alpha ferrite and cementite that occurs in some steels and cast irons, having a pearlescent appearance.
claystonenoun(geology) Sedimentary rock composed of fine clay particles.
pyromorphitenoun(mineralogy) A yellowish-green mineral, a mixed phosphate and chloride of lead with the chemical formula Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl that is sometimes mined as an ore.
ophiolitenoun(geology) An assemblage of mafic and ultramafic rock fragments of the ocean lithosphere that has been tectonically moved onto a continental margin or island.
peagritnoun(mineralogy) A coarse pisolitic limestone.

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