All about Oil shale and Ganister Properties
Know all about Oil shale and Ganister properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Oil shale and Ganister belong to Sedimentary Rocks.Texture of Oil shale is Splintery whereas that of Ganister is Clastic, Granular, Rough. Oil shale appears Muddy and Ganister appears Rough. The luster of Oil shale and Ganister is dull. Oil shale is available in black, brown, buff, green, grey, red, yellow colors whereas Ganister is available in beige, black, brown, colourless, cream, dark brown, green, grey, light green, light to dark grey, pink, red, white, yellow colors. The commercial uses of Oil shale are an oil and gas reservoir and that of Ganister are an oil and gas reservoir, in aquifers, petroleum reservoirs, soil conditioner, source of magnesia (mgo), tombstones.