Know all about Wackestone and Novaculite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Wackestone and Novaculite belong to Sedimentary Rocks.Texture of Wackestone is Clastic whereas that of Novaculite is Banded, Glassy, Rough, Vitreous. Wackestone appears Rough and Dull and Novaculite appears Glassy or Pearly. The luster of Wackestone is dull while that of Novaculite is waxy and dull. Wackestone and Novaculite are available in black, blue, brown, green, grey, orange, red, white, yellow colors. The commercial uses of Wackestone are cemetery markers, pottery and that of Novaculite are cemetery markers, gemstone, in aquifers, in fire-starting tools, jewelry, manufacture of tools, pebbles are used in ball mills to grind in ceramics industry, to determine the gold content of jewelry.