Know all about Tuff and Basalt properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Tuff and Basalt belong to Igneous Rocks.Texture of Tuff is Clastic, Pyroclastic whereas that of Basalt is Glassy, Massive, Porphyritic, Scoriaceous, Vesicular. Tuff appears Dull, Vesicular and Foilated and Basalt appears Dull and Soft. The luster of Tuff is vitreous to dull while that of Basalt is not available. Tuff is available in brown, grey, yellow colors whereas Basalt is available in black, brown, light to dark grey colors. The commercial uses of Tuff are creating artwork and that of Basalt are an oil and gas reservoir, commemorative tablets, creating artwork, used in aquariums.