All about Websterite and Limestone Properties
Know all about Websterite and Limestone properties here. All properties of rocks are important as they define the type of rock and its application. Websterite belongs to Igneous Rocks while Limestone belongs to Sedimentary Rocks.Texture of Websterite is Clastic, Granular, Phaneritic, Porphyritic whereas that of Limestone is Clastic or Non-Clastic. Websterite appears Layered, Banded, Veined and Shiny and Limestone appears Rough and Banded. The luster of Websterite is dull to vitreous to submetallic while that of Limestone is dull to pearly. Websterite is available in black to grey, bluish - grey, dark greenish - grey, green, light greenish grey colors whereas Limestone is available in beige, black, blue, brown, cream, gold, green, grey, light green, light grey, linen, pink, red, rust, silver, white, yellow colors. The commercial uses of Websterite are cemetery markers, commemorative tablets, creating artwork, laboratory bench tops, jewelry, sea defence, tombstones and that of Limestone are animal feed filler, as a feed additive for livestock, paper industry, raw material for manufacture of quicklime, slaked lime, soil conditioner, used in aquariums, whiting material in toothpaste, paint and paper.