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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
schist /ʃɪst/

▶noun Geology a coarse-grained metamorphic rock which consists of layers of different minerals and can be split into thin irregular plates.

– origin C18: from Fr. schiste, via L. from Gk skhistos ‘split’, from the base of skhizein ‘cleave’.

'schist' also found in these Oxford entries:

mica schist - phyllite - schistose - sillimanite - touchstone

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