Schist and gneiss: minerals, ores and what a city can dig

Older rocks baked and squeezed deep in mountain belts until they split into sheets: schist, gneiss and slate. Under a city, Schist and gneiss holds 46 minerals of the Crystal encyclopedia and the ores of iron.

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Metals and their ores

• Iron from Magnetite

What a city can dig

Iron, Building stone, Clay and bricks

No coal lies in this rock: a city on it burns wood, or buys its fuel.

Minerals

Quartz, Ruby, Emerald, Garnet, Magnetite, Tourmaline, Beryl, Jade, Spinel, Zircon, Talc, Mica, Corundum, Rhodonite, Kyanite, Staurolite, Alexandrite, Tanzanite, Smoky Quartz, Prehnite, Epidote, Chlorite, Tsavorite, Demantoid, Iolite, Sunstone, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Phenakite, Wavellite, Albite, Graphite, Kornerupine, Sillimanite, Hornblende, Actinolite, Grossular, Ilmenite, Arsenopyrite, Scapolite, Dumortierite, Grandidierite, Musgravite, Jadeite, Zoisite, Orthoclase

Offered first on: mountain

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