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Banded lines marking a coarsely foliated rock.
Also known as: Gneiss ornament, Banded metamorphic pattern
On a geological map a gneiss is ornamented with irregular bands, representing the coarse compositional banding that distinguishes it from the finer foliation of schist.
Irregular bands of alternating fill running across the rock unit, coarser than the schist ornament.