Know all about Slate and Wackestone properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Slate belongs to Metamorphic Rocks while Wackestone belongs to Sedimentary Rocks.Texture of Slate is Foliated whereas that of Wackestone is Clastic. Slate appears Dull and Wackestone appears Rough and Dull. The luster of Slate and Wackestone is dull. Slate is available in black, brown, buff, green, light to dark grey, purple, red, shades of blue colors whereas Wackestone is available in black, blue, brown, green, grey, orange, red, white, yellow 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 Wackestone are cemetery markers, pottery.