Me yasa wasu na halitta duwatsu an yi la'akari da su masu laushi lokacin da dukansu suka bayyana da wuya? Amsar tana cikin taurin 'dangi'. Mohs sikelin taurin an ƙirƙira shi a cikin 1812 kuma ya kwatanta taurin dangi na ma'adanai goma. Diamond ne mafi wuya da rates a 10, yayin da granite ne mafi tauri na halitta dutse a 6. Limestone zo a a 3 kamar yadda metamorphic takwaransa, marmara. Dutse mai laushi ya fi sauƙi don yin sutura ko sassaƙa amma baya sawa ko yanayi sosai kamar dutse mai wuya. Anan zamu tattauna wasu daga cikin shahararrun duwatsu masu laushi tare da aikace-aikace masu dacewa.
Dutsen farar ƙasa, dutsen yashi da shale sune nau'ikan dutsen da aka fi sani da su. An samo waɗannan ta hanyar babban matsin lamba, sama da miliyoyin shekaru, yana ɗaukar lakar da ta faɗi ƙasan teku.
An siffanta yadudduka da ke cikin slate a matsayin “wanda aka foliated” kuma ana raba su cikin sauƙi don ƙirƙirar duk wani kauri da ake buƙata. An yi la'akari da slate na Burtaniya a matsayin mai wuya kuma ana amfani da shi a al'ada azaman rufi, yayin da ake samun slate mai laushi a China, Spain, Italiya da Amurka. Tare da ɗimbin launuka na slate na halitta, ana iya samun nau'ikan ƙira iri-iri, daga na zamani zuwa na al'ada, rustic zuwa mai ladabi. Ana ba da shawarar Slate sau da yawa don wuraren zirga-zirgar ababen hawa, godiya ga abin da ya ƙunsa mai ɗorewa. Har ila yau, ba ya bushewa kuma baya saurin amsawa da ruwan acid. Hujjar wuta ce, mai jure yanayin yanayi kuma yana samun juriya mai kyau ta zamewa saboda cikawar sa.
Limestone abu ne na gine-gine na gama gari kuma an samo shi ne daga ma'adinan ma'adinai, wanda aka samo daga calcium a cikin kasusuwa da tekun da aka ajiye a cikin shekaru millennia kuma an tilasta su tare ta hanyar matsa lamba. Yayin da kuma ya ƙunshi magnesium, yana da wuya kuma ya fi jure yanayi, kuma yana iya gogewa. Dutsen Portland daga tsibiri mai suna a Dorset tabbas shine nau'in dutse mafi shahara kuma an yi amfani dashi don gina manyan gine-ginen London. Ana amfani da shi don suturar waje da kuma shimfidawa, murhu da sauran abubuwan ado na ciki da na waje. Launuka masu laushi sune halayen gani na alamar kasuwanci.
Sandstone ya kasance dutsen gini da aka fi amfani dashi kafin 1800, don komai daga gadoji zuwa gine-gine masu kyau. Kamar yadda za a iya fayyace daga sunanta, yana samuwa ne lokacin da yashi, kwayoyin halitta, calcite da sauran ma'adanai iri-iri suka haɗu tare a ƙarƙashin matsi mai ban mamaki a kan shekarun millennia. Akwai tare da ko dai m ko lafiyayyen rubutu kuma bisa ga al'ada ana kawo shi cikin matt gama. Da farko kirim, ja ko launin toka a Burtaniya, launin sa ya dogara da ƙarin ma'adanai da ke cikinsa. Silica tana ba da fari, yayin da ƙarfe zai ba da launin ja-launin ruwan kasa. Babban wuraren aikace-aikacensa shine bango da bene, ko shimfidar waje.
Marmara wani dutse ne na farar ƙasa, wanda aka samo shi ta hanyar metamorphosis na babban zafi da matsin lamba sama da miliyoyin shekaru. Ko da yake yana da laushi idan aka kwatanta da sauran duwatsu, marmara yana kula da gogewa da kyau. A al'adance ana amfani da marmara a cikin ƙofofi kuma yana taimakawa wajen haifar da ƙarewar ƙarshe.