Travertine and Mugearite Types and Facts

Types of Travertine and Mugearite

Some rocks according to their use or texture are classified into different types. Know more about Travertine Texture and Mugearite Texture. Types of Travertine are Thermal Travertine and Tufa whereas the types of Mugearite are Alkaline Basalt, Boninite, High Alumina Basalt, Mid Ocean Ridge Basalt (MORB), Tholeiitic Basalt, Basaltic trachyandesite, Mugearite and Shoshonite.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. Travertine and Mugearite 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. Travertine and Mugearite were for creating petroglyphs.