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Slate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (455 words) |
 | Slate is a fine-grained, homogeneous, metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low grade regional metamorphism. |
| Slate is mainly composed of quartz and muscovite or illite, often along with biotite, chlorite, hematite, and pyrite along with, less frequently, apatite, graphite, kaolin, magnetite, tourmaline, or zircon. |
| Slate is also found in the Arctic and was used by the Inuit to make the blades for ulus. |
| Slate (magazine) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (722 words) |
| Slate is an online news and culture magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley and owned by Microsoft (as part of MSN). |
| Slate's focus and editorial slant is politically liberal, as seen in choice of columnists, choice of and position on topics, and featured cartoon: Doonesbury. |
| Timothy Noah is the only Slate staffer who initially opposed the U.S. invasion, and even he was persuaded to abandon his relatively dovish position by Colin Powell, as he documented in Chatterbox Goes to War. |
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