Know all about Scoria and Pyroxenite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Scoria and Pyroxenite belong to Igneous Rocks.Texture of Scoria is Vesicular whereas that of Pyroxenite is Clastic, Granular, Phaneritic, Porphyritic. Scoria appears Glassy and Vesicular and Pyroxenite appears Layered, Banded, Veined and Shiny. The luster of Scoria is subvitreous to dull while that of Pyroxenite is dull to vitreous to submetallic. Scoria is available in black, brown, dark grey to black, red colors whereas Pyroxenite is available in black to grey, bluish - grey, dark greenish - grey, green, light greenish grey colors. The commercial uses of Scoria are as a traction material on snow-covered roads, creating artwork, high-temperature insulation, in gas barbecue grills and that of Pyroxenite are cemetery markers, commemorative tablets, laboratory bench tops, jewelry, sea defence, tombstones.