All about Pyroxenite and Granophyre Properties
Know all about Pyroxenite and Granophyre properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Pyroxenite and Granophyre belong to Igneous Rocks.Texture of Pyroxenite is Clastic, Granular, Phaneritic, Porphyritic whereas that of Granophyre is Granophyric. Pyroxenite appears Layered, Banded, Veined and Shiny and Granophyre appears Veined or Pebbled. The luster of Pyroxenite is dull to vitreous to submetallic while that of Granophyre is dull to grainy with sporadic parts pearly and vitreous. Pyroxenite is available in black to grey, bluish - grey, dark greenish - grey, green, light greenish grey colors whereas Granophyre is available in black, grey, orange, pink, white colors. The commercial uses of Pyroxenite are cemetery markers, commemorative tablets, laboratory bench tops, jewelry, sea defence, tombstones and that of Granophyre are curling, gemstone, laboratory bench tops, tombstones.