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Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell.

Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall.

Having five leaves or leaflets. Gray.

Having three leaves or leaflets, as clover. See Illust. of Shamrock.

A white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated, like talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate.

An instrument formerly used in removing the laminæ of exfoliated bones.

The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.

The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself.

Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead. Graphite battery (Elec.), a voltaic…

A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster on the cleavage face. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.

A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate.

Bearing, or composed of, lamellæ, or thin layers, plates, or scales; foliated.

A mineral occurring in soft, lead-gray, foliated masses or scales, resembling graphite; sulphide of molybdenum.

A mineral of blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster, generally of a foliated massive structure; foliated tellurium. It is a telluride of lead and gold.

Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.

Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff.

in.), rocks which split into thin laminæ, not necessarily parallel to the stratification; foliated rocks. -- Slate spar (Min.), a variety of calcite of silvery white luster and of a slaty structure. -- Transparent slate, a plate of translucent material, as ground glass, upon which a copy of a picture, placed beneath…

A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varietis of gabbro.

Like spar; foliated or lamellar; spathose. Spathic iron (Min.), siderite. See Siderite (a).

A black or greenish black mineral occurring in foliated flates, also in velvety bronze-colored incrustations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and alumina.