Know all about Hornfels and Pyroxenite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Hornfels belongs to Metamorphic Rocks while Pyroxenite belongs to Igneous Rocks.Texture of Hornfels is Granular, Platy whereas that of Pyroxenite is Clastic, Granular, Phaneritic, Porphyritic. Hornfels appears Dull and Pyroxenite appears Layered, Banded, Veined and Shiny. The luster of Hornfels is shiny while that of Pyroxenite is dull to vitreous to submetallic. Hornfels is available in brown, dark greenish - grey, green, reddish brown colors whereas Pyroxenite is available in black to grey, bluish - grey, dark greenish - grey, green, light greenish grey colors. The commercial uses of Hornfels are cemetery markers, commemorative tablets, creating artwork and that of Pyroxenite are cemetery markers, commemorative tablets, laboratory bench tops, jewelry, sea defence, tombstones.