Argillite

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Argillite \Ar"gil*lite\, n. [Gr. ? clay + -lite.] (Min.)
     Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is
     bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish
     red, etc. -- {Ar`gil*lit"ic}, a.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  argillite
       n : a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by
           silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Argillite, KY
    Zip code(s): 41121