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Quartzite and Greywacke Uses


Greywacke and Quartzite Uses


Uses

Architecture
  
  

Interior Uses
Countertops, Decorative Aggregates, Flooring, Homes  
Decorative Aggregates, Floor Tiles, Flooring, Homes, Interior Decoration  

Exterior Uses
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone, Garden Decoration, Paving Stone  
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone, Garden Decoration, Office Buildings, Paving Stone  

Other Architectural Uses
Curbing  
Curbing, Whetstones  

Industry
  
  

Construction Industry
Arrowheads, As Dimension Stone, Cement Manufacture, Construction Aggregate, Cutting Tool, for Road Aggregate, Making natural cement, Production of Glass and Ceramics, Rail Track Ballast, Roadstone  
Building houses or walls, Cement Manufacture, Construction Aggregate, for Road Aggregate, Raw material for the manufacture of mortar  

Medical Industry
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Antiquity Uses
Artifacts, Jewellery, Monuments, Sculpture  
Artifacts, Sculpture, Small Figurines  

Other Uses
  
  

Commercial Uses
An Oil and Gas Reservoir, As armour rock for sea walls, Cemetery Markers, Commemorative Tablets, In aquifers, Laboratory bench tops, Petroleum reservoirs, Soil Conditioner, Source of Magnesia (MgO), Tombstones, Used in aquariums  
As armour rock for sea walls, Petroleum reservoirs, Sea Defence, Tombstones  

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Uses of Quartzite and Greywacke

There are many uses of Quartzite and Greywacke based on their unique properties. All rocks due to their properties, texture, color etc. have variety of uses. Know all about Quartzite and Greywacke and their uses in industries and architecture in the upcoming sections.

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