jiǎo​yè​yán

hornfels

  • created sense approved 角页岩/角頁岩 · jiǎo​yè​yán · hornfels — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    角页岩 / 角頁岩

    jiǎo​yè​yán

    hornfels

    A dark, fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the contact of shale or siltstone with heat; commonly found near igneous intrusions and composed of minerals such as quartz, feldspar, and graphite.

    角 (literal) → 角 · jiǎo · horn 页岩 (literal) → 页岩/頁岩 · yè​yán · shale

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense