All about Slate and Quartzite Properties
Know all about Slate and Quartzite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Slate and Quartzite belong to Metamorphic Rocks.Texture of Slate is Foliated whereas that of Quartzite is Foliated, Granular. Slate appears Dull and Quartzite appears Lustrous. The luster of Slate is dull while that of Quartzite is vitreous. Slate is available in black, brown, buff, green, light to dark grey, purple, red, shades of blue colors whereas Quartzite is available in black, blue, brown, green, light grey, purple, white, yellow colors. The commercial uses of Slate are blackboards, commemorative tablets, laboratory bench tops, standard material for the bed of billiard table, standard material for the beds of pool and snooker table, tombstones, used in aquariums, writing slates and that of Quartzite are an oil and gas reservoir, as armour rock for sea walls, cemetery markers, commemorative tablets, in aquifers, laboratory bench tops, petroleum reservoirs, soil conditioner, source of magnesia (mgo), tombstones, used in aquariums.