All about Rhomb Porphyry and Slate Properties
Know all about Rhomb Porphyry and Slate properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Rhomb Porphyry belongs to Igneous Rocks while Slate belongs to Metamorphic Rocks.Texture of Rhomb Porphyry is Aphanitic to Porphyritic whereas that of Slate is Foliated. Rhomb Porphyry appears Rough and Slate appears Dull. The luster of Rhomb Porphyry is subvitreous to dull while that of Slate is dull. Rhomb Porphyry is available in black, brown, colourless, green, grey, pink, white colors whereas Slate is available in black, brown, buff, green, light to dark grey, purple, red, shades of blue colors. The commercial uses of Rhomb Porphyry are an oil and gas reservoir, as a feed additive for livestock, metallurgical flux, soil conditioner, source of magnesia (mgo) and that of Slate are blackboards, commemorative tablets, laboratory bench tops, standard material for the bed of billiard table, standard material for the beds of pool and snooker table, tombstones, used in aquariums, writing slates.