Granites

Granite is a common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz, orthoclase or microcline, and mica, used in monuments and for building. Granite stone is typically hardest of the dimensional stones and can effectively withstand the vagaries of nature. Granite tiles are quite literally, as old as the earth, perfect for use in residential and commercial flooring applications. Granite Slabs are ideal for fabricating granite counter tops, flooring, retaining walls and landscaping around a center fountain/pond.

Granite is an important structural and ornamental stone, and due to its high compressive strength and durability, it is used for massive structural work. Fine-grained granite is employed for ornamental and monumental work as well as for inscription purposes. It is the hardest of structural stones. Its mineral-rich colors, the hardness and density, make it an ideal choice for flooring, counter tops, vanities as well as exterior applications. A broad range of elegant patterns and colors makes granite the most versatile and durable of all stones. It is also the most "maintenance-free" of all stones.

Granite is composed of quartz, feldspars and micas, as well as traces of a wide variety of other minerals. These minerals contribute to the color and texture of the various granites. Crystal size is somewhat determined by the rate at which the granite cools: the slower the cooling process, the larger the crystals grow. Faster cooling produces fine-grained granites. Granites get their wonderful variety of colors and patterns from minerals that are melted into the liquid mass as it is formed. Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota & The Vietnam War Memorial wall in Washington D.C. are good examples of Granite structures

Red Granite

Red Granite

chattarpur Stone

chattarpur Stone

Kashmir White (s)

White Galaxy (S)

Viscon White (S)

Imperial White (S)

Black Galaxy (S)

Indian Black (S)

Absolute Black (S)

Colombo Juprana (S)

Indian Juprana (S)

Ivory Brown (S)

Shivakasi Yellow (S)

Tan Brown (S)

Marble

A marble is a metamorphic rock formed by alteration of limestone or dolomite, often irregularly colored by impurities and used especially in architecture and sculpture. Marble tiles are suitable for bathrooms, entryways and fireplaces, living & dining areas. Marble floor tiles are also used for both interior and exterior flooring applications. Some of the different colors of marble are white, red, black, mottled and banded, gray, pink, and green.

Marble has been valued for thousands of years for its rich palette of beautiful colors and appearance and is perfect, pretty much anywhere in the house.

Marbles are formed from limestone or dolomite that has undergone enough heat and pressure to get metamorphosized into a crystalline structure. This metamorphosis takes place when the weight of overlying material, pressure from crystal collisions and heat from the earth's core generate temperatures in excess of 1800ºF. It has an interlocking or mosaic texture composed of crystalline grain of calcite, dolomite or both. Texture of marble depends on the form, size and uniformity of grains. The chemical constituents of marble determine the color of the marble. Generally calcite and dolomite marbles are of pure white color. Variations of whiteness of pure marbles are due to the mixture of foreign substances. Such impurities form bands, streaks and clouds. Black and grayish shades are due to graphite; pinks, reds are mainly due to the presence of manganese oxides or hematite.

The Taj Mahal in India is the best illustration of marble architecture.

Bidaser Red

Bidaser Yellow

Bidaser Brown

Bidaser Green

Black Galaxy

J.Yellow

Onyx White

Onyx Green

Autumn Gold

Green -1

Green -2

Green -3

Limestone

Limestone is a common sedimentary rock consisting mostly of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime, carbon dioxide, and cement. Essentially a Dolomite stone possessing oil-resistant properties, Limestone shows high resistance in freezing and thawing conditions.

It is generally used as limestone tiles, limestone slabs in flooring, wall cladding, vanity tops and to pave the floors of large commercial complexes, hospitals, airports, shopping malls, railway stations, parks etc.

The muted tones of limestone are perfect for today's more casual and comfortable lifestyles. Generally these soft beiges and tans, either polished or honed, is appropriate for bathrooms, fireplaces, counters and less-traveled flooring where a more informal decor is desired.

Limestone are sedimentary rocks that are formed at the bottom of lakes and seas, as silt and organic matter settle to the bottom. As more and more layers build up over thousands and millions of years, adding more and more weight, the heat and pressure cause chemical reactions to take place to harden the sediments into solid stone. The great Sphinx of Egypt is a masterpiece of Sculpted Limestone.

Sandstone

Sandstone is actually a sedimentary rock formed by the consolidation and compaction of sand, which is held together by a natural cement, such as silica.

Natural sandstone is an extremely hard and tough material. Sandstone is typically the youngest of the quartz-based stones, with each stone having a different level of porosity, hardness and compressive strength.

Indian sandstone is suitable for domestic and commercial use. Owing to their natural beauty, sandstones are used for interior as well as exterior decoration including flooring, paving, cladding walls and floors.

As the name suggests, Sandstone is made of sand cemented by silica, iron, lime etc.

The color of sandstone depends on the cementing material; ferruginous (iron) sandstones are reddish, brownish; carbonaceous, black; siliceous, white and argillaceous, earthy to buff. Other than the hardness, porosity of sandstones is also decisive in deciding suitability for applications for Sandstone.

Slatestone

Slate stones have various levels of porosity, hardness and compressive strength. They are best suited for exterior and interior applications. Slate renders a graceful, natural finish to any building and is more cost effective than other wall and floor coverings. All natural slate stones are fireproof and non-slippery. It is used in architecture, flooring, wall cladding and roofing etc. The usual colors of slate are black, dark grey, greenish grey, copper and purplish grey.

A great combination of earth tone colors and the finish makes this stone one of its kinds. The vibrant colors and unique texture makes slates appropriate for interior as well as exterior applications. Slate is formed of compressed layers of sediments formed under ocean.

Slate is a regionally metamorphosis, argillaceous rock, that has developed but has suffered re-crystallization, and compressed into a dense stone made up of quartz, iolite, mica and calcite. Because it is formed in layers, it can easily be split to expose beautifully textured surfaces. The usual colors of slates are earthy (various shades and mixes of browns, beiges, yellows), black, dark-grays, and greenish-gray but shades of pinks, purples and copper are also found. They usually exhibit lot of variations amongst the pieces quarried from the same pit. Slates, depending on their individual hardness, are used for flooring, cladding and landscaping.

Quartzite

Quartzite is a rock formed from the metamorphism of quartz stone. These are fireproof and non-slippery in nature. Having granolithic texture, quartzite stones are medium-grained, used as quartzite tiles, quartzite stones for wall-cladding, roofing, flooring and all other types of interior & exterior applications.

Bidasar

Bidasar are smaller stones used in decorating the fountains and pathways in the garden. These are used at a large scale for various interior-designing purposes due to their fireproof nature and low maintenance cost.

Flooring Patterns

A marble or other type of stone tile floor is an elegant addition to any room, and the installation process is not as difficult as you might expect. True marble is a relatively hard, metamorphic form of limestone. It comes in a broad range of colors, but usually is white or off-white. Marble often is subtly streaked with gray, brown, pink or other colors, and then is sometimes called statuary marble.

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