Slickensides

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

  Slickensides \Slick"en*sides`\, n.
     1. The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a
        fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the
        sliding of one surface on another.
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     2. A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England.
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