Know all about Flint and Novaculite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Flint and Novaculite belong to Sedimentary Rocks.Texture of Flint is Banded, Rough whereas that of Novaculite is Banded, Glassy, Rough, Vitreous. Flint appears Glassy or Pearly and Novaculite appears Glassy or Pearly. The luster of Flint is vitreous while that of Novaculite is waxy and dull. Flint and Novaculite are available in black, brown, green, grey, red, white colors. The commercial uses of Flint are creating artwork, gemstone, in fire-starting tools, manufacture of tools, metallurgical flux, jewelry, to ignite fire, used in flintlock firearms and that of Novaculite are cemetery markers, gemstone, in aquifers, in fire-starting tools, jewelry, manufacture of tools, pebbles are used in ball mills to grind in ceramics industry, to determine the gold content of jewelry.