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Spotted slate

A rock subtype
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Spotted slate

Jeřmanice, Liberec District, Liberec Region, Czech Republic
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Spotted slate, etc.

Argelès-sur-Mer, Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France
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Spotted slate

Las Arcas quarry, San Pedro de Trones, El Bierzo, León, Castile and Leon, Spain
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Spotted slate

Jeřmanice, Liberec District, Liberec Region, Czech Republic
00737960017361055604645.jpg
Spotted slate, etc.

Argelès-sur-Mer, Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France
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Spotted slate

Las Arcas quarry, San Pedro de Trones, El Bierzo, León, Castile and Leon, Spain
07567760017272473253681.jpg
Spotted slate

Jeřmanice, Liberec District, Liberec Region, Czech Republic
00737960017361055604645.jpg
Spotted slate, etc.

Argelès-sur-Mer, Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France
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About Spotted slateHide

A type of slate or fine phyllite, an argillaceous rock whose spotted appearance is the result of incipient growth of porphyroblasts in response to metamorphism of low to medium intensity.

Synonym of: knotted slate

See also: Fleckschiefer, Fruchtschiefer, Garbenschiefer, maculose
Compare with: desmosite, spilosite, adinole, spotted schist, knotted schist.

Ref: AGI


Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
53997
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:53997:9

Classification of Spotted slateHide

Sub-divisions of Spotted slateHide

Synonyms of Spotted slateHide

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
5 photos of Spotted slate associated with AndalusiteAl2(SiO4)O
5 photos of Spotted slate associated with Phyllite
5 photos of Spotted slate associated with MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
5 photos of Spotted slate associated with Chlorite Group
3 photos of Spotted slate associated with QuartzSiO2
2 photos of Spotted slate associated with CordieriteMg2Al4Si5O18

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