All about Siltstone and Sovite Properties
Know all about Siltstone and Sovite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Siltstone belongs to Sedimentary Rocks while Sovite belongs to Igneous Rocks.Texture of Siltstone is Clastic whereas that of Sovite is Granular, Poikiloblastic. Siltstone appears Rough and Sovite appears Dull, Banded and Foilated. The luster of Siltstone is dull while that of Sovite is subvitreous to dull. Siltstone is available in brown, red, reddish brown colors whereas Sovite is available in black, brown, colourless, green, grey, pink, white colors. The commercial uses of Siltstone are raw material for the manufacture of mortar, soil conditioner and that of Sovite are an oil and gas reservoir, as a feed additive for livestock, creating artwork, gemstone, metallurgical flux, production of lime, soil conditioner, source of magnesia (mgo).