Know all about Cataclasite and Diabase properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Cataclasite belongs to Metamorphic Rocks while Diabase belongs to Igneous Rocks.Texture of Cataclasite is Clastic whereas that of Diabase is Aphanitic, Granular. Cataclasite appears Dull and Banded and Diabase appears Vesicular. The luster of Cataclasite is vitreous while that of Diabase is not available. Cataclasite is available in brown, green, white, yellow colors whereas Diabase is available in dark grey to black colors. The commercial uses of Cataclasite are commemorative tablets, creating artwork and that of Diabase are an oil and gas reservoir, cemetery markers, commemorative tablets, laboratory bench tops, jewelry, sea defence, tombstones.