Slate (writing) expensive. Slate (writing) A slate is a thin piece of hard flat material, such as the rock also called slate, that is used as a medium for writing. The rock is “a metamorphic rock created by the recrystallization of the minerals in shale from clay to parallel-aligned, flat, flake-like minerals such as mica”. The writing slate consisted of a piece of slate, typically either 4x6 inches or 7x10 inches, encased in a wooden frame. A precise date range for writing slates of this type has not been established. Usually, a piece of cloth or slate sponge was used to clean
Name of France suburbs. This fourth meaning is found in many place names, such as the town of Roissy-en-France, on whose territory is located Charles de Gaulle Airport. The name of the town literally means "Roissy in the "Pays de France"", and not "Roissy in the country France". Another example of the use of France in this meaning is the new "Stade de France", which was built near Saint-Denis for the 1998 Football World Cup. It was decided to call the stadium after the "Pays de France", to give it a local touch. In particular, the mayor of Saint-Denis made it very clear