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Diabase and Hyaloclastite  Types and Facts

1 Types
1.1 Types
Not Available
Welded tuff, Rhyolitic tuff, Basaltic tuff, Trachyte tuff and Andesitic tuff.
1.2 Features
Smooth to touch
Always found as volcanic pipes over deep continental crust
1.3 Archaeological Significance
1.3.1 Monuments
Used
Used
1.3.2 Famous Monuments
Stonehenge in English county of Wiltshire
Data Not Available
1.3.3 Sculpture
Used
Used
1.3.4 Famous Sculptures
Data Not Available
Data Not Available
1.3.5 Pictographs
Not Used
Used
1.3.6 Petroglyphs
Not Used
Used
1.3.7 Figurines
Used
Used
1.4 Fossils
Absent
Absent

Types of Diabase and Hyaloclastite 

Some rocks according to their use or texture are classified into different types. Know more about Diabase Texture and Hyaloclastite  Texture. Types of Diabase are Not Available whereas the types of Hyaloclastite  are Welded tuff, Rhyolitic tuff, Basaltic tuff, Trachyte tuff and Andesitic tuff..During historic times, some rocks depending on their hardness were used to create Pictographs and Petroglyphs. Rocks which are hard were generally not used. Pictographs are paintings or drawings that have been placed or created on the surface of rock. Diabase was not used to create pictographs whereas Hyaloclastite  is used to create pictographs. Petroglyph is an image which is carved into a rock. These are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving or abrading, as a form of rock art. Diabase was not used to create petroglyphs whereas Hyaloclastite  was used to create petroglyphs.