Sammelbegriff für unterschiedliche Gesteine von plattenartigem Charakter, welche sedimentär oder metamorph entstanden sind und sich durch eine gut spaltbare Textur auszeichnen.
Generic term for strongly foliated metamorphic rocks that readily split into thin layers.
Nome generico di una roccia metamorfica caratterizzata da una disposizione regolare, in piani grossolanamente paralleli, dei componenti minerali lamellari o fibrosi, che le conferisce una più o meno facile divisibilità secondo tali piani.
2024-01-17T13:30:01.0303380Z
https://www.termdat.bk.admin.ch/entry/67078
Mineralienatlas - Fossilienatlas, Lexikon, "Schiefer" ([Internet, 2023-08-08](https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Geologisches%20Portrait/Schiefer))
Quora, What is the difference in appearance between schist and gneiss?, 2016-05-22
Futura-Sciences, Planète > Définitions > Schistes : qu'est-ce que c'est ?, 2017-07-23 ([Internet, 2023-08-08](https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/definitions/geologie-schistes-1607/))
Treccani, Vocabolario, "scisto" ([Internet, 2023-08-08](https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/scisto/#:~:text=%E2%80%93%20In%20petrografia%2C%20nome%20generico%20%28,detti%20perci%C3%B2%20piani%20di%20scistosit%C3%A0.%29)
Der Begriff Schiefer [...] bezeichnet in der Geologie kein eigenständiges Gestein, sondern eine Gefügeart [...].
Le terme de schistes apparaît en géologie. Il ne désigne pas une roche précise mais plutôt une texture de roche particulière. Celle de roches présentant un débit en feuillets plus ou moins minces, ondulés ou irréguliers, suivant des plans de schistosité.[...] Les schistes sont associés aux zones de métamorphisme général.
EXP: all medium-grained metamorphic rocks fall under this term if they exhibit a distinctive schistosity
Quora, What is the difference in appearance between schist and gneiss?, 2016-05-22
Treccani, Vocabolario, "scisto" ([Internet, 2023-08-08](https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/scisto/#:~:text=%E2%80%93%20In%20petrografia%2C%20nome%20generico%20%28,detti%20perci%C3%B2%20piani%20di%20scistosit%C3%A0.%29)
nach Mineralienatlas - Fossilienatlas, Lexikon, "Schiefer" ([Internet, 2023-08-08](https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Geologisches%20Portrait/Schiefer)) und Steine & Minerale, Gesteine > Roter Schiefer, 2022-11-02 ([Internet, 2023-08-08](https://www.steine-und-minerale.de/atlas.php?f=3&l=R&name=Roter%20Schiefer))
after Quora, What is the difference in appearance between schist and gneiss?, 2016-05-22 and swisstopo, Swiss Geological Survey, 2008