The fine ripples characterizing this rock are not the result of ocean waves where the sediment was deposited, but rather the contact surfaces between the clay minerals that make it up, which under sunlight appear shiny and silver.
Clay schist forms from the compression of marine muds. The fine ripples on the rock do not reflect ocean waves, but are the contact surfaces between the clay minerals, which appear shiny and silvery in the sunlight.
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