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Worldwide, but only in areas of particular geology: where rocks – originally clays or volcanic ash – are old enough to have undergone metamorphism (alteration by heat and pressure). See the Wikipedia slate article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate) for a list of regions. In Britain, for instance, slate is notably found in Wales, Cornwall and Cumbria.
