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Fine horizontal lines marking a shale unit.
Also known as: Shale ornament, Laminated mudrock pattern
On a geological section a shale unit is ornamented with fine closely spaced horizontal lines, representing the thin laminations along which shale splits.
Closely spaced fine horizontal lines running the width of the rock unit.