| 1. | Phyllite is commonly found in the Dalradian metasediments of northwest Arran.
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| 2. | Schist forms at a higher temperature and has larger grains than phyllite.
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| 3. | Phyllite has good fissility ( a tendency to split into sheets ).
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| 4. | During the Phyllite Zone of Crete date back to the Middle Permian.
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| 5. | Basement rocks consist of Ordovician clastic sediments consisting of phyllite with some sandstone interbedding.
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| 6. | The Alpine Schist of New Zealand is characterised by heavily crenulated and sheared phyllite.
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| 7. | Slate, phyllite and sandstone are most common.
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| 8. | Underneath the sparagmite layer, lies a layer of extremely nutritious slate, called phyllite.
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| 9. | The rocks in the Mal�guide thrust sheet include phyllite, metagreywacke, limestone, metaconglomerate.
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| 10. | The highly shortened and foliated phyllite began as a mudstone which was metamorphosed to shale.
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