Usually means: Layered or banded metamorphic rock.
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  1. gneissic: Merriam-Webster
  2. gneissic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gneissic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gneissic: Wordnik
  5. gneissic: Wiktionary
  6. Gneissic, gneissic: Dictionary.com
  7. Gneissic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Gneissic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. gneissic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Gneissic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. gneissic: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Gneissic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (geology) of or relating to gneiss

Similar:
geognostical, neogenic, paragneissic, goniatitic, geonastic, granodioritic, geognostic, metaigneous, geonic, gnathological, more...

Opposite:
igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

Types:
foliated, non-foliated, banded, migmatitic, granitic, quartz-mica, quartz-feldspar, more...

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Similar:
geognostical, neogenic, paragneissic, goniatitic, geonastic, granodioritic, geognostic, metaigneous, geonic, gnathological, more...

Opposite:
igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

Types:
foliated, non-foliated, banded, migmatitic, granitic, quartz-mica, quartz-feldspar, more...



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