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Novaculite is a dense, hard, fine-grained, siliceous metamorpic rock which is a type of chert that breaks with conchoidal fracture
From Latin word novacula, for razor stone
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Trachyandesite is an extrusive igneous rock.
From French trachyandésite, trachy + andésite andesite, a lava intermediate in composition between trachyte and andesite
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock