What'S The Difference Between Slate And Shale?

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What’S The Difference Between Slate And Shale?

If the clay is deposited in layers and has a tendency to split along the bedding planes, it is shale. If it is tilted up at a new angle and was compressed so that it spread out and produced cleavage planes at right angles to the direction of pressure, it is slate.

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Difference between Shale

Identifying Shale

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Identifying Slate

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