| 词条 | Argillite |
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"Argillite" may also refer to Argillite, Kentucky.{{Infobox rock |name=Argillite |alternative_name= |type=Sedimentary |image=Argillite.JPG |image_size=300 |alt= |caption=A piece of black argillite from Haida Gwaii, Canada |coordinates= |composition=indurated clay particles |composition_secondary= }} Argillite ({{IPAc-en|pron|ˈ|ɑːr|dʒ|ᵻ|l|aɪ|t}}) is a fine-grained sedimentary rock composed predominantly of indurated clay particles. Argillaceous rocks are basically lithified muds and oozes. They contain variable amounts of silt-sized particles. The argillites grade into shale when the fissile layering typical of shale is developed. Another name for poorly lithified argillites is mudstone. These rocks, although variable in composition, are typically high in aluminium and silica with variable alkali and alkaline earth cations. The term pelitic or pelite is often applied to these sediments and rocks. Metamorphism of argillites produces slate, phyllite, and pelitic schist. Belt SupergroupThe Belt Supergroup, an assemblage of rocks of late Precambrian (Mesoproterozoic) age, includes thick sequences of argillite, as well as other metamorphosed or semi-metamorphosed mudstones.[1] It is exposed primarily in western Montana, including the Bitterroot Valley and Bitterroot Mountains, the Missoula area, Flathead Lake, and Glacier National Park, and in northern Idaho. There are also minor occurrences in northwestern Washington and western Wyoming.[2] Excellent outcrops of deep purple, wine red, red, blue, turquoise, and green argillites of the Belt Supergroup can be seen in Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana and in Wolf Creek Canyon along US Interstate 15 in west-central Montana.[3] "Black slate"{{main article|Haida argillite carvings}}The Haida carvings of Haida Gwaii along the coast of British Columbia are notable aboriginal art treasures created from a type of a hard, fine black silt argillite, sometimes called "black slate". The black slate occurs only at a quarry on a Slatechuck Mountain in the upper basin of Slatechuck Creek, near the town of Skidegate on Graham Island. At one time, around 1900, it was shipped to Victoria for manufacturing; today the Haida have a monopoly on use of the argillite. This artwork has been of high quality and prized around the world since the Haida first began carving it to sell to sailors around 1800; modern Haida carvers continue the tradition. See also
References1. ^Schieber, J. 1990. Significance of styles of epicontinental shale sedimentation in the Belt basin, Mid-Proterozoic of Montana, U.S.A. Sedimentary Geology, v. 69, p. 297-312. {{commons category|Argillite}}2. ^{{cite web|last1=Lori Tapanila and Paul Link|title=Mesoproterozoic Belt Supergroup|url=http://geology.isu.edu/Digital_Geology_Idaho/Module2/mod2.htm|website=Digital Geology of Idaho|publisher=Idaho State University, Department of Geosciences|accessdate=16 September 2016}} 3. ^Alt, D.D. and Hyndman, D.W. 1986. Roadside geology of Montana. Mountain Press Publishing Co., Missoula, Montana, 427 p. {{ISBN|0-87842-202-1}}.
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