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