All about Chalk and Quartzite Properties
Know all about Chalk and Quartzite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Chalk belongs to Sedimentary Rocks while Quartzite belongs to Metamorphic Rocks.Texture of Chalk is Clastic or Non-Clastic whereas that of Quartzite is Foliated, Granular. Chalk appears Soft and Quartzite appears Lustrous. The luster of Chalk is dull while that of Quartzite is vitreous. Chalk is available in grey, white, yellow colors whereas Quartzite is available in black, blue, brown, green, light grey, purple, white, yellow colors. The commercial uses of Chalk are alumina refineries, creating artwork, drawing on blackboards, gymnasts, athletes and mountain climbers use for grip, in aquifers, paper industry, production of lime, raw material for manufacture of quicklime, slaked lime, soil conditioner, whiting, whiting material in toothpaste, paint and paper and that of Quartzite are 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.