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Foliated telluium

Foliated \Fo"li*a`ted\, a.

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

  2. (Arch.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch.

  3. (Min.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure.

  4. (Geol.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose.

  5. Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver.

    Foliated telluium. (Min.) See Nagyagite.