What Does Slate Do?

Dimension slate is used mainly for electrical panels, laboratory tabletops, roofing and flooring, and blackboards. Crushed slate is used on composition roofing, in aggregates, and as a filler.

What is slate used for?

Slate has many uses such as snooker tables, roofing, gravestones, flooring and garden decorations.

What are slate characteristics?

Slate is made up of parallel foliated plates. This gives it the ability to break smoothly and evenly along its cleavage. The hardness of rocks and minerals is measured using the Mohs scale, which ranges from one to 10 with one being the softest and 10 being the hardest. Slate ranks at 5.5 on the Mohs scale.