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Slate and Wackestone 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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Marl, Shale and Argillite
Available in Lots of Colors and Patterns, Smooth to touch, Very fine grained rock
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Types of Slate and Wackestone

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