All about Limestone and Websterite Properties
Know all about Limestone and Websterite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Limestone belongs to Sedimentary Rocks while Websterite belongs to Igneous Rocks.Texture of Limestone is Clastic or Non-Clastic whereas that of Websterite is Clastic, Granular, Phaneritic, Porphyritic. Limestone appears Rough and Banded and Websterite appears Layered, Banded, Veined and Shiny. The luster of Limestone is dull to pearly while that of Websterite 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 Websterite is available in black to grey, bluish - grey, dark greenish - grey, green, light greenish 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 Websterite are cemetery markers, commemorative tablets, creating artwork, laboratory bench tops, jewelry, sea defence, tombstones.