There are various type of Natural stone tiles available in INDIA. Main categories are: GRANITE, MARBLE, TRAVERTINE, SLATE, QUARTZITE, SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE.
We should choose the natural stone tiles depending upon the building area (Look of the area) and its usage.
Available Natural Stone from India
A Variety of Natural Stones are classified into following categories. Moreover You may visit the concerned page for Available Color Size or Write us a short Note.
SLATE STONE:
These are the softest stone and can be pealed out with any regular pressure. Certainly These are recommended for wall cladding and low activity floors with proper sealing. Moreover Slate stones are available in Natural, Tumbled and polished finish, but the beauty of this stone is more visible in Natural finish. Further These are available in Tile and small slab size.
QUARTZITE STONE:
These are harder then slate, due to quartz particles in it and are mostly used for interior cladding and flooring. Further Used for Table tops. Moreover Quartzite Stone are available in Natural, Tumbled, Polished and Brushed Antique finish. Certainly Natural, polished and Brushed all these types have there different look and pull out the beauty escaped in the depth of stone. Moreover Sizes available are Tile and small slab size.
TRAVERTINE STONE:
It is a soft stone and mostly used to give an antique look to the wall. It look antique in the natural finish and mostly available in tile size.
SANDSTONE:
It is a soft stone and mostly advised to use outside the building in Natural finish for Cladding and garden/pathway flooring. Interior walls in Natural, polished, sandblasted n brushed finish. It absorbs water very fast and it can take heavy hot and cold temperatures. Outside floors are recommended in Natural finish only. These are available in Tiles, Natural small slabs and medium size Gangsaw cut slabs.
LIMESTONE:
Harder then Sandstone, used as sandstone but it is more brittle. The flooring interior is recommended in Polished/Honed finish and exterior in Natural finish. Cladding can be of Natural, polished or honed finish. Due to the smoothness of this stone, these are very much recommended in Natural Steps, Benches, Garden Table tops etc. These are available in Tiles and small slab sizes.
MARBLE STONE:
Marble is a type of Limestone, it is basically more smooth in Natural and give an attracting antique look to the floor, wall or any top. Polished and Brushed Antique finish is available. These the available in tiles and Gangsaw size slabs. Some of the Marble like Rainforest Green n Rainforest brown have a classic brushed antique finish.
GRANITE:
Very Hard stone, Used in interior n exteriors. These are available in Tiles, small and gangsaw slabs. These have varies finishes, like, Honed, Polished, Brushed, leather and flammed. These are recommended based on the area of use.
SEMI PRECIOUS STONE TILES :-
It is a very hard stone and it being very costly and very glossy and Translucent. Therefore it is mostly used for decorating a special area either ordinary of by backlit.
MOSAICS :- Mosaic Tiles are made by assembling small pieces of various finish and size stone in a fix assembled size. Example 10 x 30 cm, 15 x 60 cm or say 30 x 30 cm.
STONE ARTICLES :-
Stone Articles are the various Garden ornaments prepared with stones in the form of Stone Fountain, Stone Column, Stone Bird, Stone ball, Stone Statue, Stone Animal, Stone Birdbath etc.
PEBBLES :- Pebble are the round stones which are rounded due to effect of flow of river water with time or these can be prepared manually with machines by tumbling. This can be either rough finish or Polished finish.
COBBLES :- These are prepared with Hard Sandstone , Paving stones and Granite in Natural finish by splitting the edges. Moreover regular sizes are 14 x 14 cm, 10 x 10 cm in the thickness of 4-6 cm, 5-7 cm, 6-8 cm etc.
FLEXIBLE SLATE VENEER :-
These stone are flexible stones prepared from natural slate stone with thickness of 1-2 mm. Hence this really creates a decorative area with the ease of use of stone at various curved areas.
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Finally we have tried our best to give Basic Knowledge on Natural Stone. Moreover It will be our pleasure to receive COMMENTS on this article about Natural Stones from India to explain better in future displays. Alternatively We should thanks to all the skilled and non skilled Labor force for their great efforts, behind mining and processing the Natural stone tiles. Finally getting the tremendous Stones available to the world stone market.
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