argillite

3 definitions found

argillite - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

argillite - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  argillite
      n 1: a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by
           silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages

argillite - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Argillite, KY
    Zip code(s): 41121