Ihuriro muri plate riterwa no gukura kwa microscopique mika flake, aho gutandukanwa nu gice cyambere cyimyanda.
Ikibaho kiremwa mugihe amabuye, shale, cyangwa felsic yaka urutare rushyinguwe kandi rugashyuha ubushyuhe buke nigitutu.
Slate ni ingano nziza cyane kandi ntishobora kumenyekana kumaso yumuntu. Urupapuro rusize rufite ubuso bwa matte nyamara rworoshye gukoraho kandi mbere rwakoreshwaga mu kubaka imbaho. Ubwinshi bwa silika mika itanga slate ikirahuri cya silikike.
Icyapa kigaragara mumabara atandukanye kubera itandukaniro ryimiterere yimyunyu ngugu hamwe na okiside mubidukikije byumwimerere. Kurugero, icyapa cyirabura cyatunganijwe mubidukikije bidafite ogisijeni, ariko icyapa gitukura cyakorewe muburyo bukungahaye kuri ogisijeni.
Icyapa kibaho munsi yubushyuhe buke nigitutu, bityo ibimera byibimera hamwe nibintu bimwe na bimwe byavumbuwe bishobora kubikwa.
Icyapa gicukurwa mu bice binini kandi bigakoreshwa mu kugenzura amashanyarazi, ku kazi, ku kibaho, no hasi kubera imiterere yacyo isa, idashobora kwihanganira, kandi isenya. Ibisate bito bikoreshwa mukubaka ibisenge.
Yaba umusozi muremure cyangwa ikibaya kinini, umujyi munini wuzuye cyangwa icyaro cyamahoro, igihagararo gitangaje cya slate hamwe nubuziranenge bukomeye bitanga ubufasha burigihe mubuzima bwabantu nakazi kabo. Iyi ni plate, kubaho shingiro ariko gukomera, ibuye ririnda imyaka miriyari yinkuru nibuka.