What is slate? - Definition, Uses, Geology

Slate is a metamorphic rock of sedimentary origin, of Ordovician age (550 million years) and its main components are quartz, sericite and minerals from the chlorite group. Resource center What is slate? Is believed that the word “slate” comes from the Old French word scalar meaning fragment, from the verb slater, to shatter. Slate is […]

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What is slate? - Definition, Uses, Geology

What is slate?

Slate

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