Some rocks according to their use or texture are classified into different types. Know more about Tuff Texture and Anorthosite Texture. Types of Tuff are Welded tuff, Rhyolitic tuff, Basaltic tuff, Trachyte tuff, Andesitic tuff and Ignimbrite. whereas the types of Anorthosite are Proterozoic Anorthosite and Archean Anorthosite.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. Tuff was used to create pictographs whereas Anorthosite is not used to create 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. Tuff was used to create petroglyphs whereas Anorthosite was not used to create petroglyphs.