"Schistous" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... generally found among the bituminous schistus, or black argillaceous strata, either in separate masses of various shapes and sizes, or forming of itself strata which are more or less continuous in their direction among the schistous or argillaceous beds. ...
— Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) • James Hutton
... camped at the foot of the ridge to be ascended next morning: the place is called Safhat el-Mu'ayrah from a slaty schistose hill on the eastern bank. The guides declared that the only practicable line to the summit was from this place; and that the Sha'bs (Cols) generally cannot be climbed even by the Arabs—I have reason to believe the ...
— The Land of Midian, Vol. 2 • Richard Burton |
