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Slate and Banded iron formation Types and Facts

Types

Types

Features

Monuments

Famous Monuments

Sculpture

Famous Sculptures

Pictographs

Petroglyphs

Figurines

Fossils

 
Phyllite, Schist, and Slate
Easily splits into thin plates, Surfaces are often shiny, Very fine grained rock
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Algoma-type , Lake Superior-type, Superior-type and Taconite
Is one of the oldest rock
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Types of Slate and Banded iron formation

Some rocks according to their use or texture are classified into different types. Know more about Slate Texture and Banded iron formation Texture. The types of Slate and Banded iron formation are .During historic times, some rocks depending on their hardness were used to create Pictographs and Petroglyphs. Rocks which are hard were generally not used. Pictographs are paintings or drawings that have been placed or created on the surface of rock. Slate and Banded iron formation were for creating pictographs. Petroglyph is an image which is carved into a rock. These are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving or abrading, as a form of rock art. Slate and Banded iron formation were for creating petroglyphs.