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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
'ARGILLITE, n. Argillaceous shist or slate; clay-slate. Its usual color is bluish, greenish or blackish gray.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
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1: a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages
Merriam Webster's
noun Date: 1795 a compact argillaceous rock cemented by silica and having no slaty cleavage
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
