Dictionary of Gems and Gemology

2009 Edition
| Editors: Mohsen Manutchehr-Danai

schistose

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72816-0_19295

easily to split. Closely foliated texture due to planar fabric of micas or similar minerals.

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