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