SCHIST: A metamorphic uneven-granular, medium to coarse grained, crystalline with prominent parallel mineral orientation. Goes from silvery white to all shades of gray with yellow to brown tones depending on the mineral concentration. Some schists have graphite and some are used as building stones.
Sponsored Topics. Parsons is a city in Decatur County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,452 at the 2000 census. Parsons is located at 35Â°38â²56â³N 88Â°7â²24â³W / 35.64889Â°N 88.12333Â°W / 35.64889; -88.12333 (35.648780, -88.123386). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.9 square miles (10.1 kmÂ²), all of it land.
Knox County where Knoxville resides is 525.78 square miles. The resident population of this county is 382,032 and has a population rank of 151 out of all the places in the United States. Knoxville has a total of 173,890 people and of those residents there are 82,390 males and 91,500 females. The median age of the male population is 31.3 and the female population is 35.6. There are approximately 4,797 births each year and around 3,618 deaths.