All about Slate and Suevite Properties
Know all about Slate and Suevite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Slate and Suevite belong to Metamorphic Rocks.Texture of Slate is Foliated whereas that of Suevite is Earthy. Slate appears Dull and Suevite appears Banded. The luster of Slate is dull while that of Suevite is earthy. Slate is available in black, brown, buff, green, light to dark grey, purple, red, shades of blue colors whereas Suevite is available in black, brown, colourless, green, grey, pink 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 Suevite are as a feed additive for livestock, gemstone, metallurgical flux, source of magnesia (mgo).