YES IT IS. No if and or buts about it!
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The Utica Shale is a stratigraphical unit in the Appalachian Basin. It underlies a lot of the northeastern United States and connected parts of Canada.
Shale is a clastic sedimentary rock
Shale
THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT CLAY IS MOIST, SOFT, AND SMOOTH. SHALE IS rock of fissile or laminated structure .
Kaolinite/Kaolin.
Shale is a kind of rock and has a somewhat variable chemical composition. As a mineral, it might be more useful to seek its mineralogical formula or description.
Under the effects of pressure and temperature, shale can either melt into magma, become flattened, or create a bigger mineral.
quartz, bauxite, shale, limestone, chalk, gypsum,
Fossils could form in shale. Halite is table salt, a mineral with a crystalline structure that is not compatible with understood fossil formation methods.
Dark Colour, Clay mineral composition (Kaolanite), Laminations of minerals
Shale is a type of rock, not a mineral. Streak is used to help classify minerals. It can leave a streak, but it doesn't mean anything.