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Slate and Porphyry Types and Facts

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Monuments

Famous Monuments

Sculpture

Famous Sculptures

Pictographs

Petroglyphs

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Phyllite, Schist, and Slate
Easily splits into thin plates, Surfaces are often shiny, Very fine grained rock
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Rhomb Porphyry
Generally rough to touch, Is one of the oldest rock, Surfaces are often shiny
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Types of Slate and Porphyry

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