Amalungu kwisileyiti abangelwa kuphuhliso lwemica flakes emincinci, endaweni yokwahlulwa ecaleni kwestrata sokuqala sentlenga.
Isileyiti senziwa xa ilitye lodaka, i-shale, okanye ilitye le-felsic igneous lingcwatywa kwaye liphantsi kobushushu obuphantsi kunye noxinzelelo.
Isileyiti sicoceke kakhulu kwaye asibonakali emehlweni abantu. Isileyiti esikhazimlisiweyo sinomgangatho we-matte kodwa sigudile xa sibamba kwaye sasisetyenziselwa ukwenza iibhodi ezimnyama ngaphambili. Izixa ezincinci zesilika mica zinika isileyiti imbonakalo yeglasi yesilika.
I-Slate ibonakala ngemibala eyahlukeneyo ngenxa yokwahlukana kweempawu zeminerali kunye neemeko ze-oxidation kwindawo yokuqala yentlenga. Ngokomzekelo, isileyiti esimnyama saveliswa kwindawo engenawo ioksijini, kodwa isileyiti esibomvu saveliswa kwindawo eneoksijini eninzi.
Isileyiti senzeka phantsi kwamaqondo obushushu aphantsi kunye noxinzelelo, ngoko ke iifosili zezityalo kunye nezinye izinto ezivelileyo zinokugcinwa.
I-Slate yombiwa kwiibhloko ezinkulu kwaye isetyenziselwa iiphaneli zokulawula zombane, ii-worktops, iibhodi ezimnyama, kunye nemigangatho ngenxa yeempawu zayo ezifana nepleyiti, eyomelela, kunye neyokuqhekeka. Izileyiti ezincinci zisetyenziselwa ukwakha uphahla.
Nokuba yintaba ephakamileyo okanye intlambo enzulu, idolophu ephithizelayo okanye amaphandle anoxolo, ukuma okumangalisayo kwesileyiti kunye nomgangatho oqinileyo zinika inkxaso ethe gqolo kubomi kunye nomsebenzi wabantu. Esi sisileyiti, ubukho obusisiseko kodwa obunenzondelelo, ilitye eligcina amawaka ezigidi zamabali neenkumbulo.