All about Limestone and Coal Properties
Know all about Limestone and Coal properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Limestone and Coal belong to Sedimentary Rocks.Texture of Limestone is Clastic or Non-Clastic whereas that of Coal is Amorphous, Glassy. Limestone appears Rough and Banded and Coal appears Veined or Pebbled. The luster of Limestone is dull to pearly while that of Coal is dull to vitreous to submetallic. Limestone is available in beige, black, blue, brown, cream, gold, green, grey, light green, light grey, linen, pink, red, rust, silver, white, yellow colors whereas Coal is available in black, brown, dark brown, grey, light to dark grey colors. The commercial uses of Limestone are animal feed filler, as a feed additive for livestock, paper industry, raw material for manufacture of quicklime, slaked lime, soil conditioner, used in aquariums, whiting material in toothpaste, paint and paper and that of Coal are alumina refineries, electricity generation, liquid fuel, manufacture of soap, solvents, dyes, plastics and fibres, paper industry.