Know all about Lamprophyre and Borolanite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Lamprophyre and Borolanite belong to Igneous Rocks.Texture of Lamprophyre is Porphyritic whereas that of Borolanite is Granular. Lamprophyre appears Dull, Banded and Foilated and Borolanite appears Banded and Foilated. The luster of Lamprophyre is subvitreous to dull while that of Borolanite is greasy to dull. Lamprophyre is available in black, bluish - grey, brown, dark greenish - grey, green, grey colors whereas Borolanite is available in brown, buff, cream, green, grey, pink, white colors. The commercial uses of Lamprophyre are an oil and gas reservoir, as a feed additive for livestock, gemstone, metallurgical flux, production of lime, soil conditioner, source of magnesia (mgo) and that of Borolanite are cemetery markers.