Know all about Pyroxenite and Tephrite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Pyroxenite and Tephrite belong to Igneous Rocks.Texture of Pyroxenite is Clastic, Granular, Phaneritic, Porphyritic whereas that of Tephrite is Aphanitic to Porphyritic. Pyroxenite appears Layered, Banded, Veined and Shiny and Tephrite appears Vesicular. The luster of Pyroxenite is dull to vitreous to submetallic while that of Tephrite is subvitreous to dull. Pyroxenite is available in black to grey, bluish - grey, dark greenish - grey, green, light greenish grey colors whereas Tephrite is available in black, brown, colourless, green, grey, white colors. The commercial uses of Pyroxenite are cemetery markers, commemorative tablets, laboratory bench tops, jewelry, sea defence, tombstones and that of Tephrite are production of lime, soil conditioner.