3. (Min.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia;
as, graphite has a foliated structure.
4. (Geol.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated
structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose.
3. (Min.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia;
as, graphite has a foliated structure.
4. (Geol.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated
structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose.