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Basalt and Quartzite Uses


Quartzite and Basalt Uses


Uses

Architecture
  
  

Interior Uses
Floor Tiles, Homes, Hotels, Kitchens  
Countertops, Decorative Aggregates, Flooring, Homes  

Exterior Uses
As Building Stone, Paving Stone, Garden Decoration, Office Buildings  
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone, Garden Decoration, Paving Stone  

Other Architectural Uses
Curbing, Whetstones  
Curbing  

Industry
  
  

Construction Industry
Arrowheads, As Dimension Stone, Cobblestones, Cutting Tool, Rail Track Ballast, Roadstone  
Arrowheads, As Dimension Stone, Cement Manufacture, Construction Aggregate, Cutting Tool, for Road Aggregate, Making natural cement, Production of Glass and Ceramics, Rail Track Ballast, Roadstone  

Medical Industry
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Antiquity Uses
Artifacts, Monuments  
Artifacts, Jewellery, Monuments, Sculpture  

Other Uses
  
  

Commercial Uses
An Oil and Gas Reservoir, Commemorative Tablets, Creating Artwork, Used in aquariums  
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  

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Uses of Basalt and Quartzite

There are many uses of Basalt and Quartzite based on their unique properties. All rocks due to their properties, texture, color etc. have variety of uses. Know all about Basalt and Quartzite and their uses in industries and architecture in the upcoming sections.

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