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A water-soluble mineral sediment resulting from concentration and crystallization by evaporation from an aqueous solution
From a sediment left after the evaporation
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Green, Grey, Silver, White
Glassy, Vesicular and Foilated
Decorative Aggregates, Entryways, Flooring, Homes, Interior Decoration
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone, Garden Decoration, Paving Stone
As a Flux in the Production of Steel and Pig Iron, As a Sintering Agent in Steel Industry to process Iron Ore, As Dimension Stone, Cement Manufacture, for Road Aggregate, Making natural cement, Manufacture of Magnesium and Dolomite Refractories
Taken as a Supplement for Calcium or Magnesium
Used in the manufacture of Ceramic Powder, Used in the preparation of Sulfuric Acid and Silicon Diborite
Generally rough to touch, Splintery, Veined
Evaporite is water-soluble mineral sediment which forms from concentration and crystallization by evaporation from an aqueous solution.
Calcite, Cancrinite, Gypsum, Kyanite, Magnetite
CaMg(CO3)2, CaO, Calcium Sulfate, KCl, MgO, NaCl
Burial Metamorphism, Cataclastic Metamorphism, Contact Metamorphism, Impact Metamorphism, Regional Metamorphism
Medium to Fine Coarse Grained
Heat Resistant, Pressure Resistant
Central Australia, Western Australia
Cataclasite is a type of cataclastic rock that is formed by fracturing and comminution during faulting. It is normally cohesive and non-foliated, consisting of angular clasts in a finer-grained matrix
From the Italian word cataclasi
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Brown, Green, White, Yellow
Decorative Aggregates, Homes
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone, Paving Stone
As Dimension Stone, Building houses or walls, Cement Manufacture, Construction Aggregate, for Road Aggregate
Commemorative Tablets, Creating Artwork
Protocataclasite, Mesocataclasite, Ultracataclasite and Foliated cataclasite
Easily splits into thin plates, Is one of the oldest rock
Cataclasiste rocks mainly form by pressure deep under the Earth's surface, from the extreme heat caused by magma or by the intense collisions and friction of tectonic plates.
Albite, Apatite, Augite, Biotite, Calcite, Enstatite, Epidote, Feldspar, Micas, Muscovite or Illite, Pyroxene, Quartz
Coastal Erosion, Wind Erosion
Heat Resistant, Impact Resistant, Pressure Resistant
China, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea
Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, South Africa
England, Finland, France, Spain, United Kingdom
Central Australia, Western Australia