Properties of Oil shale and Coquina

Oil shale

Coquina

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Properties

Physical Properties

Hardness

2-31-2

1 7

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Grain Size

Very fine-grained

Coarse Grained

Fracture

Not Available

Irregular

Streak

White

Porosity

Highly Porous

Luster

Dull

Dull to Vitreous to Submetallic

Compressive Strength

NANA

0.15 450

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Cleavage

Slaty

Not Available

Toughness

2.6

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Specific Gravity

2.2-2.81.10-2.24

0 8.4

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Transparency

Opaque

Density

2.4-2.8 g/cm³2.8-2.9 g/cm³

0 1400

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Thermal Properties

Specific Heat Capacity

0.39 kJ/Kg KNA

0.14 3.2

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Resistance

Heat Resistant, Impact Resistant

Heat Resistant, Impact Resistant, Pressure Resistant, Wear Resistant

Oil shale vs Coquina Properties

Properties of Oil shale and Coquina play an important role in determining the type of rock. Along with Oil shale vs Coquina properties, get to know more about Oil shale Definition and Coquina Definition. For the ease of understanding, the properties of rocks are divided into physical and thermal properties. Rocks have a variety of properties like hardness, color, specific gravity, fracture, cleavage, luster etc. Know all about physical and thermal properties of Oil shale and Coquina.