Slate
A fine-grained foliated metamorphic rock that splits into thin sheets, quarried as dimension stone.
How it connects
In other taxonomies
- SlateUniclass, Ma_40_84_51_80nearly the same
- slate (rock)Getty AAT, 300011646nearly the same
- slateWikidata, Q207079nearly the same
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
The word “slate”
2 meanings
- SlateMaterial, this termNo default
- slate-grayColorScope named colorNo default
Record
- Broader
- Stone
- Provenance
- referencedASTM C629 via https://www.naturalstoneinstitute.org/stoneprofessionals/astm/, read 30 Aug 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/slateKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderStoneoutgoing
- narrowerStoneincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Stoneoutgoing
- ancestor (derived)Mineraloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Alabasteroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Basaltoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Graniteoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Limestoneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Marbleoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Onyxoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Quartziteoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Sandstoneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Soapstoneoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniclass | Ma_40_84_51_80 | Slate | nearly the same |
| Getty AAT | 300011646 | slate (rock) | nearly the same |
| Wikidata | Q207079 | slate | nearly the same |