blueschist
[ blōō′shĭst′ ]
A bluish schist that gets its color from the presence of a sodic amphibolite, glaucophane, or a variety of glaucophane called crossite. Blueschist forms under conditions of high pressure but low temperature, as at the boundaries of converging tectonic plates.
Words nearby blueschist
bluepoint,
blueprint,
blueprinting,
blues,
blues-rock,
blueschist,
blueshift,
bluesman,
bluesnarfing,
bluest eye, the,
bluestem