All about Coal and Sandstone Properties
Know all about Coal and Sandstone properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Coal and Sandstone belong to Sedimentary Rocks.Texture of Coal is Amorphous, Glassy whereas that of Sandstone is Clastic, Granular, Rough. Coal appears Veined or Pebbled and Sandstone appears Rough. The luster of Coal is dull to vitreous to submetallic while that of Sandstone is dull. Coal is available in black, brown, dark brown, grey, light to dark grey colors whereas Sandstone is available in beige, black, brown, colourless, cream, dark brown, green, grey, light green, light to dark grey, pink, red, white, yellow colors. The commercial uses of Coal are alumina refineries, electricity generation, liquid fuel, manufacture of soap, solvents, dyes, plastics and fibres, paper industry and that of Sandstone are an oil and gas reservoir, in aquifers, petroleum reservoirs, soil conditioner, source of magnesia (mgo), tombstones, used in aquariums.