Know all about Soapstone and Greenschist properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Soapstone and Greenschist belong to Metamorphic Rocks.Texture of Soapstone is Polished whereas that of Greenschist is Foliated, Platy. Soapstone appears Dull, Banded and Foilated and Greenschist appears Layered and Shiny. The luster of Soapstone is greasy while that of Greenschist is shiny. Soapstone is available in black, black to grey, green, grey colors whereas Greenschist is available in dark greenish - grey, green colors. The commercial uses of Soapstone are cemetery markers, creating artwork, gemstone, jewelry, manufacture of soap, solvents, dyes, plastics and fibres, production of lime, source of magnesia (mgo) and that of Greenschist are blackboards, manufacture of tools, writing slates.