Know all about Soapstone and Websterite properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Soapstone belongs to Metamorphic Rocks while Websterite belongs to Igneous Rocks.Texture of Soapstone is Polished whereas that of Websterite is Clastic, Granular, Phaneritic, Porphyritic. Soapstone appears Dull, Banded and Foilated and Websterite appears Layered, Banded, Veined and Shiny. The luster of Soapstone is greasy while that of Websterite is dull to vitreous to submetallic. Soapstone is available in black, black to grey, green, grey colors whereas Websterite is available in black to grey, bluish - grey, dark greenish - grey, green, light greenish grey colors. The commercial uses of Soapstone are cemetery markers, creating artwork, gemstone, jewelry, manufacture of soap, solvents, dyes, plastics and fibres, production of lime, source of magnesia (mgo) and that of Websterite are cemetery markers, commemorative tablets, creating artwork, laboratory bench tops, jewelry, sea defence, tombstones.