All about Novaculite and Limestone Properties
Know all about Novaculite and Limestone properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Novaculite and Limestone belong to Sedimentary Rocks.Texture of Novaculite is Banded, Glassy, Rough, Vitreous whereas that of Limestone is Clastic or Non-Clastic. Novaculite appears Glassy or Pearly and Limestone appears Rough and Banded. The luster of Novaculite is waxy and dull while that of Limestone is dull to pearly. Novaculite is available in black, brown, green, grey, red, white colors whereas Limestone is available in beige, black, blue, brown, cream, gold, green, grey, light green, light grey, linen, pink, red, rust, silver, white, yellow colors. The commercial uses 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 and that 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.