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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > geology > rocks > sedimentary rocks > argillite
Preferred Term:

argillite

Definition:
A compact argillaceous (clayey) rock differing from shale in being cemented by silica and from slate in having no slaty cleavage.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
sedimentary rocks
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/210679
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RDF/XMLCreated 2014-02-19, last modified 2014-11-17