сла́нец — meaning in English

English meaning

• chert noun Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
• shale noun A soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock that splits easily into thin layers.

Senses

сла́нец is used for these senses in English:

• chert (geology, uncountable) Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
• schist Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.
• shale (geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

chert — full definition

1. noun Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
2. noun A flint-like tool made from chert.

shale — full definition

1. noun A soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock that splits easily into thin layers.
2. noun Refers to the shale oil and gas industry.

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