Sandstone and Lamprophyre Types and Facts

Types of Sandstone and Lamprophyre

Some rocks according to their use or texture are classified into different types. Know more about Sandstone Texture and Lamprophyre Texture. Types of Sandstone are Grey Sandstones, Crystallized Sandstones, Hard Sandstones , Carbonate Cemented Sandstones and Ganister whereas the types of Lamprophyre are Minette, Alnoite, Camptonite, Monchiquite, Fourchite, Vogesite, Appinite and Spessartite.During historic times, some rocks depending on their hardness were used to create Pictographs and Petroglyphs. Rocks which are hard were generally not used. Pictographs are paintings or drawings that have been placed or created on the surface of rock. Sandstone was not used to create pictographs whereas Lamprophyre is used to create pictographs. Petroglyph is an image which is carved into a rock. These are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving or abrading, as a form of rock art. Sandstone was not used to create petroglyphs whereas Lamprophyre was used to create petroglyphs.