slate
fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous, low-grade metamorphic rock
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Summary
slate is a rock type[1]. slate draws 5,521 Wikipedia views per month (rock type category, ranking #4 of 11).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: foliated metamorphic rock[3], schistose rock[4]
- Has use: building material[5], writing surface[6]
- Commons category: Slate[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Slate[8]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[12], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Reference Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16]
- Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Slate[17]
- Different from: shale[18], crystalline schist[19]
- Narrower external class: http://purl.org/heritagedata/schemes/eh_tbm/concepts/97716[20]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21]
- P14541: 2ZfFSf[22]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for slate include slate gray[23], a color[24] and Slate Range[25], a mountain range[26], in Canada[27].
Why It Matters
slate has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] slate is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]
Entities named for slate include slate gray[23], a color[24] and Slate Range[25], a mountain range[26], in Canada[27].