Majoini muslate anokonzerwa nekugadzirwa kwe microscopic mica flakes, pane kupatsanurwa pamwe nekutanga sedimentary strata.
Slate inogadzirwa kana dombo remadhaka, shale, kana felsic igneous dombo rakavigwa uye rinoiswa pasi petembiricha yakaderera uye kumanikidzwa.
Slate yakanyatso kurongeka uye haionekwe neziso remunhu. Slate yakakwenenzverwa ine matte pamusoro asi yakatsetseka kusvika pakubatwa uye yakamboshandiswa kugadzira mabhodhi. Zvidiki zvidiki zvesirika mica zvinopa slate kutaridzika kwegirazi resiririka.
Slate inoratidzika mumarudzi akasiyana-siyana nekuda kwekusiyana kwemaminerari maitiro uye oxidation mamiriro ekutanga sedimentary nharaunda. Semuenzaniso, slate nhema yakagadzirwa munzvimbo isina oxygen, asi tsvuku tsvuku yakagadzirwa mune yakapfuma-okisijeni.
Slate inoitika pasi petembiricha yakaderera uye kumanikidzwa, saka zvisaririra zvekudyara uye mamwe maficha chaiwo anogona kuchengetedzwa.
Slate inocherwa mumabhuraki akakura uye inoshandiswa kumagetsi ekudzora mapaneru, maworktops, mabhodhi, uye pasi nekuda kweplate-senge, inosimba, uye inoparara hunhu. Masiraiti madiki anoshandiswa kugadzira matenga.
Ringave gomo refu kana mupata wakadzika, metropolis ine ruzha kana nyika ine runyararo, chimiro chinoshamisa cheslate uye yakasimba mhando inopa tsigiro yenguva dzose yehupenyu hwevanhu nebasa. Iyi idombo, hupenyu hunokosha asi hwakasimba, ibwe rinochengetedza mabhiriyoni emakore enyaya nendangariro.