All about Porphyry and Tuff Properties
Know all about Porphyry and Tuff properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Porphyry and Tuff belong to Igneous Rocks.Texture of Porphyry is Porphyritic whereas that of Tuff is Clastic, Pyroclastic. Porphyry appears Dull and Tuff appears Dull, Vesicular and Foilated. The luster of Porphyry is dull while that of Tuff is vitreous to dull. Porphyry is available in black, brown, colourless, green, grey, red, rust, white colors whereas Tuff is available in brown, grey, yellow colors. The commercial uses of Porphyry and Tuff are creating artwork, gemstone, jewelry.