Fissility

Description

Property of certain rocks to easily split into regular thin sheets. Fissility occurs because the platy phyllosilicate grains have been preferentially aligned to form a layered structure. Examples of rocks that exhibit fissility are shale, and slate.

Synonyms and Related Terms

fissilidade (Port.)

Authority

• Submitted information Comment: José Delgado Rodrigues, LNEC, 2009

• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: Fissility (accessed March 2010)