Know all about Granite and Pyroxenite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Granite and Pyroxenite belong to Igneous Rocks.Texture of Granite is Granular, Phaneritic whereas that of Pyroxenite is Clastic, Granular, Phaneritic, Porphyritic. Granite appears Veined or Pebbled and Pyroxenite appears Layered, Banded, Veined and Shiny. The luster of Granite is dull to grainy with sporadic parts pearly and vitreous while that of Pyroxenite is dull to vitreous to submetallic. Granite is available in black, grey, orange, pink, white colors whereas Pyroxenite is available in black to grey, bluish - grey, dark greenish - grey, green, light greenish grey colors. The commercial uses of Granite are curling, gemstone, laboratory bench tops, tombstones, used in aquariums and that of Pyroxenite are cemetery markers, commemorative tablets, laboratory bench tops, jewelry, sea defence, tombstones.