Random Brian Factoid: According to the 1963 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Brian ranks 46th in popularity as a baby boy's name in North Carolina. Imagine that, 275 babies in North Carolina have the same name as you in 1963. Weird things about the name Brian: Your name in reverse order is Nairb.
Slate is a metamorphic rock that forms from mudstone or shale. The mudstone or shale normally contains clay or volcanic ash. Slate is unique in that it does not require any type of cementation to hold its particles together.late is used for different varieties of flooring and roofing. School children used pieces of slate as a writing board to practice their math and writing during the 1800s. Slate can easily be broken into neat, thin sheet because of its foliation.
Slate is a metamorphic rock. Metamorphic rocks are rocks that change form from one type of rock into another because of time, pressure, heat and other factors. Other metamorphic rocks include slate, shale, schist, gneiss and marble. The new form of a rock is determined by the composition of the original rock. Shale doesn't automatically turn into slate.