1 Paint-there are dozens of quality brands available, and for a room in the size described it will require two full gallons to cover the walls. 2  The better paints will cost between $30 and $50 per gallon, and will come as flat, semi-gloss, or glossy finish.
Foliation is the result of the parallel arrangement of (micas, etc.) in a plane perpendicular to the maximum principal applied stress. A lineation is caused by a similar growth of elongate minerals (eg. hornblende) in this plane. Slate, schist, and gneiss are three common foliated metamorphic rocks.
Slate can also contain abundant quartz and small amounts of feldspar, calcite, pyrite, hematite and other minerals. Most slates are gray in color and range in a continuum of shades from light to dark gray. Slate also occurs in shades of green, red, black, purple and brown.late is a fine-grained, foliated metamorphic rock that is created by the alteration of shale or mudstone by low-grade regional metamorphism. The specimen shown above is about two inches (five centimeters) across.