Know all about Pyroxenite and Dunite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Pyroxenite and Dunite belong to Igneous Rocks.Texture of Pyroxenite is Clastic, Granular, Phaneritic, Porphyritic whereas that of Dunite is Phaneritic. Pyroxenite appears Layered, Banded, Veined and Shiny and Dunite appears Rough and Shiny. The luster of Pyroxenite is dull to vitreous to submetallic while that of Dunite is shiny. Pyroxenite and Dunite are available in black to grey, bluish - grey, dark greenish - grey, green, light greenish grey colors. The commercial uses of Pyroxenite are cemetery markers, commemorative tablets, laboratory bench tops, jewelry, sea defence, tombstones and that of Dunite are creating artwork, gemstone, jewelry, source of chromite, platinum, nickel and garnet, source of diamonds.