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