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Slate and Shoshonite Types and Facts

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Types

Types

Features

Monuments

Famous Monuments

Sculpture

Famous Sculptures

Pictographs

Petroglyphs

Figurines

Fossils

 
Phyllite, Schist, and Slate
Easily splits into thin plates, Surfaces are often shiny, Very fine grained rock
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Intermediate volcanic rock
Has High structural resistance against erosion and climate, Very fine grained rock
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Types of Slate and Shoshonite

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