Know all about Slate and Lherzolite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Slate belongs to Metamorphic Rocks while Lherzolite belongs to Igneous Rocks.Texture of Slate is Foliated whereas that of Lherzolite is Grenue. Slate appears Dull and Lherzolite appears Glassy, Vesicular and Foilated. The luster of Slate is dull while that of Lherzolite is subvitreous to dull. Slate is available in black, brown, buff, green, light to dark grey, purple, red, shades of blue colors whereas Lherzolite is available in black, dark greenish - grey, green, pink, purple 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 Lherzolite are as armour rock for sea walls, source of magnesia (mgo), used in aquariums.