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