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Slate - thin section

Slate thin section
Slate thin section
Thin section 		Slate hand specimen
Hand specimen
Slate thin section x-polars
Thin section x-polars 		Slate close up
Close-up
Slate exposure
Exposure 		Slate in use
Rock in use
Slate – mud-sized (too small to be seen) interlocking crystals parallel with each other; can break into sheets (cleavage) – a fine-grained, low-grade metamorphic rock.