Know all about Greenschist and Novaculite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Greenschist belongs to Metamorphic Rocks while Novaculite belongs to Sedimentary Rocks.Texture of Greenschist is Foliated, Platy whereas that of Novaculite is Banded, Glassy, Rough, Vitreous. Greenschist appears Layered and Shiny and Novaculite appears Glassy or Pearly. The luster of Greenschist is shiny while that of Novaculite is waxy and dull. Greenschist is available in dark greenish - grey, green colors whereas Novaculite is available in black, brown, green, grey, red, white colors. The commercial uses of Greenschist are blackboards, manufacture of tools, writing slates 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.