All about Slate and Kimberlite Properties
Know all about Slate and Kimberlite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Slate belongs to Metamorphic Rocks while Kimberlite belongs to Igneous Rocks.Texture of Slate is Foliated whereas that of Kimberlite is Porphyritic. Slate appears Dull and Kimberlite appears Dull and Banded. The luster of Slate is dull while that of Kimberlite is subvitreous to dull. Slate is available in black, brown, buff, green, light to dark grey, purple, red, shades of blue colors whereas Kimberlite is available in black, bluish - grey, brown, dark greenish - grey, green, grey colors. The commercial uses of Slate are blackboards, commemorative tablets, laboratory bench tops, standard material for the bed of billiard table, standard material for the beds of pool and snooker table, tombstones, used in aquariums, writing slates and that of Kimberlite are an oil and gas reservoir, as a feed additive for livestock, gemstone, metallurgical flux, production of lime, soil conditioner, source of magnesia (mgo).