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Shale and Hornfels Types and Facts

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Types

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Features

Monuments

Famous Monuments

Sculpture

Famous Sculptures

Pictographs

Petroglyphs

Figurines

Fossils

 
Red Shale, Black Shale, Green Shale, Grey Shale and Yellow Shale
Easily splits into thin plates, Generally rough to touch, Very fine grained rock
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Jantar Mantar in India
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Biotite hornfels
Smooth to touch
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Types of Shale and Hornfels

Some rocks according to their use or texture are classified into different types. Know more about Shale Texture and Hornfels Texture. The types of Shale and Hornfels are .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. Shale and Hornfels were for creating 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. Shale and Hornfels were for creating petroglyphs.