All about Sandstone and Evaporite Properties
Know all about Sandstone and Evaporite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Sandstone and Evaporite belong to Sedimentary Rocks.Texture of Sandstone is Clastic, Granular, Rough whereas that of Evaporite is Earthy. Sandstone appears Rough and Evaporite appears Glassy, Vesicular and Foilated. The luster of Sandstone is dull while that of Evaporite is subvitreous to dull. Sandstone is available in beige, black, brown, colourless, cream, dark brown, green, grey, light green, light to dark grey, pink, red, white, yellow colors whereas Evaporite is available in colourless, green, grey, silver, white colors. The commercial uses of Sandstone are an oil and gas reservoir, in aquifers, petroleum reservoirs, soil conditioner, source of magnesia (mgo), tombstones, used in aquariums and that of Evaporite are used in the manufacture of ceramic powder, used in the preparation of sulfuric acid and silicon diborite.