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gneiss

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gneiss /nʌɪs/

▶noun a typically coarse-grained metamorphic rock with a banded or foliated structure.

– derivatives
gneissic adjective,
gneissose adjective.

– origin C18: from Ger., from Old High Ger. gneisto ‘spark’ (because of the rock's sheen).

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