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Argillite

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Argillites
possessive
Argillite's
pluralpossessive
Argillites'