Know all about Dunite and Pyroxenite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Dunite and Pyroxenite belong to Igneous Rocks.Texture of Dunite is Phaneritic whereas that of Pyroxenite is Clastic, Granular, Phaneritic, Porphyritic. Dunite appears Rough and Shiny and Pyroxenite appears Layered, Banded, Veined and Shiny. The luster of Dunite is shiny while that of Pyroxenite is dull to vitreous to submetallic. Dunite is available in dark greenish - grey colors whereas Pyroxenite is available in black to grey, bluish - grey, dark greenish - grey, green, light greenish grey colors. The commercial uses of Dunite are creating artwork, gemstone, jewelry, source of chromite, platinum, nickel and garnet, source of diamonds and that of Pyroxenite are cemetery markers, commemorative tablets, laboratory bench tops, jewelry, sea defence, tombstones.