All about Pyroxenite and Hawaiite Properties
Know all about Pyroxenite and Hawaiite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Pyroxenite and Hawaiite belong to Igneous Rocks.Texture of Pyroxenite is Clastic, Granular, Phaneritic, Porphyritic whereas that of Hawaiite is Glassy, Massive, Porphyritic, Scoriaceous, Vesicular. Pyroxenite appears Layered, Banded, Veined and Shiny and Hawaiite appears Dull and Soft. The luster of Pyroxenite is dull to vitreous to submetallic while that of Hawaiite is not available. Pyroxenite is available in black to grey, bluish - grey, dark greenish - grey, green, light greenish grey colors whereas Hawaiite is available in black, brown, light to dark grey colors. The commercial uses of Pyroxenite are cemetery markers, commemorative tablets, laboratory bench tops, jewelry, sea defence, tombstones and that of Hawaiite are creating artwork, sea defence.