Shale and Peridotite Types and Facts

Shale

Peridotite

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Types

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

Jantar Mantar in India

Present

Dunite, Wehrlite, Harzburgite, Lherzolite and Pyrolite

Constitutes upper part of the Earth's mantle, Generally rough to touch, Host rock for Diamond, Is one of the oldest rock

Absent

Types of Shale and Peridotite

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