Slate and Suevite Uses

Uses of Slate and Suevite

There are many uses of Slate and Suevite based on their unique properties. All rocks due to their properties, texture, color etc. have variety of uses. Know all about Slate and Suevite and their uses in industries and architecture in the upcoming sections.

• Commercial uses of Slate: 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.
• Commercial uses of Suevite: as a feed additive for livestock, gemstone, metallurgical flux, source of magnesia (mgo).