Manhattan schist

E424600

metamorphic rock schist

Manhattan schist is a hard, coarse-grained metamorphic rock that forms much of Manhattan’s bedrock and is widely used as a local building and landscaping stone.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Manhattan schist canonical	2
New York City bedrock	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	metamorphic rock ⓘ schist ⓘ
belongsTo	Manhattan Formation ⓘ New York City Group ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf	feldspar ⓘ mica ⓘ quartz ⓘ
formedDuring	Acadian orogeny ⓘ Appalachian orogeny ⓘ surface form: Alleghanian orogeny Taconic orogeny ⓘ
formedFrom	mudstone ⓘ sedimentary protoliths ⓘ shale ⓘ
hasApproximateAge	Late Precambrian to Paleozoic ⓘ
hasColor	dark gray ⓘ gray ⓘ greenish gray ⓘ
hasFoliation	schistosity ⓘ
hasHardness	hard ⓘ
hasMetamorphicGrade	medium- to high-grade metamorphism ⓘ
hasMineral	biotite ⓘ garnet ⓘ kyanite ⓘ muscovite ⓘ staurolite ⓘ
hasProperty	high strength ⓘ relatively low primary porosity ⓘ
hasStructuralFeature	faults ⓘ folds ⓘ joints ⓘ
hasTexture	coarse-grained ⓘ
isExposedAt	Central Park outcrops ⓘ Fort Tryon Park ⓘ Inwood Hill Park ⓘ Riverside Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
isNamedAfter	Manhattan ⓘ
isPartOf	Appalachian–Ouachita–Marathon orogenic system ⓘ surface form: Appalachian orogen New England Upland ⓘ surface form: New England Upland geologic province Manhattan schist self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New York City bedrock
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
supports	New York City skyscraper foundations ⓘ
underlies	Central Park ⓘ Manhattan Island ⓘ Midtown Manhattan ⓘ Upper Manhattan ⓘ
usedFor	building stone ⓘ landscaping stone ⓘ park outcrop features ⓘ retaining walls ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Belvedere Castle, Central Park → materialUsed → Manhattan schist ⓘ

Inwood Hill–Fort Washington ridge → geologicalContext → Manhattan schist ⓘ

Manhattan schist → isPartOf → Manhattan schist self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City bedrock