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Featured Article: Slate

Slate is a fine-grained rock that can easily be split into thin slabs. See more »

Gneiss, nys, is a banded, coarse-grained rock.

Jasper is the name of a dark red variety of chalcedony.

Metamorphic, meht uh MAWR fihk, rock is one of the three main types of rock in the earth's crust.

Quartzite, KWAWRT syt, is a rock composed chiefly of the mineral quartz.

Schist, shihst, is a medium- to coarse-grained rock that can easily be split into parallel layers.

Slate is a fine-grained rock that can easily be split into thin slabs.

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