Know all about Slate and Migmatite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Slate and Migmatite belong to Metamorphic Rocks.Texture of Slate is Foliated whereas that of Migmatite is Foliated. Slate appears Dull and Migmatite appears Dull, Banded and Foilated. The luster of Slate is dull while that of Migmatite is dull to pearly to subvitreous. Slate is available in black, brown, buff, green, light to dark grey, purple, red, shades of blue colors whereas Migmatite is available in black, bluish - grey, brown, brown- black, dark greenish - grey, dark grey to black 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 Migmatite are cemetery markers, jewelry, tombstones, used to manufracture paperweights and bookends.