Meanings
nounschistus (uncountable)
- uncountablegeographyA schist.
It occurs sometimes in mountain masses, but more frequently in beds in mountains of gneiss, and argillaceous and micaceous schistus...
1807, Aikin, C. R., Comp., Dictionary Of Chemistry And Mineralogy Vol. 2, page 43
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