Looking for Marble & Granite : MarbleGranite
This is 21st century going on and there are many stones available in market and introduced by producers as granite. Most of the builders suggested granite use in the kitchen countertops and vanity tops. Especially quartzite stone is being marketed as granites. Here are some tips to identify genuine granite.
What is genuine granite?
Firstly Granite word comes from the Latin Granum, meant A Grain. Every granite has grain on surface depends on quality. It is beautiful, durable and hardest stone after the diamond, with high dense grain, making it virtually impervious to stain.Granites are most expensive building stones available in market and popular due to its durability and long lasting finish.
Uses
It can be used as vanity tops, kitchen countertops, grave stones and wall decoration. It has smooth dense structure. It is also used in commercial buildings, paving and monuments.
Granite Composition
Chemical composition by weight percent is as under:
Absolute Black Granite is used by most of the builders. It is used in kitchen countertops, flooring, bathroom vanity tops, fireplaces and furniture for residential, commercial and industrial use.
Colonial Gold Granite is also referred as Kashmir gold. It comes in yellow background color with brown spots. It is also uses in construction of houses like kitchens, bathrooms and flooring.
Black Galaxy Granite comes in black and gold color and today this black galaxy is used mostly for floorings. And it is also known as Star Galaxy.
Black Pearl Granite consists of black background with grey spots spread all over. Ii is available at lower rate by which most of the people can afford this stone in their kitchen and bathrooms.
White Granite comes in white color and it is also known as Indian imperial white. It is used in kitchen countertops, bathroom vanity tops.
Mining and processing
Granite mines are available all over the world but India is the main producer for best quality granites. Indian granites are more popular worldwide. A Granite quarry is a pit or some open excavation area from which granite is obtained. To obtain granite from a quarry, the methods of digging, cutting or blasting process, are used. This process of obtaining the stone is called 'quarrying '.
Once quarrying is done, the processing of granite starts.
Processing involves four operations:
What is genuine granite?
Firstly Granite word comes from the Latin Granum, meant A Grain. Every granite has grain on surface depends on quality. It is beautiful, durable and hardest stone after the diamond, with high dense grain, making it virtually impervious to stain.Granites are most expensive building stones available in market and popular due to its durability and long lasting finish.
Uses
It can be used as vanity tops, kitchen countertops, grave stones and wall decoration. It has smooth dense structure. It is also used in commercial buildings, paving and monuments.
Granite Composition
Chemical composition by weight percent is as under:
- SiO2 - 72.04%
- Al2O3 - 14.42%
- K2O - 4.12%
- Na2O - 3.69%
- CaO - 1.82%
- FeO - 1.68%
- Fe2O3 - 1.22%
- MgO - 0.71%
- TiO2 - 0.30%
- P2O5 - 0.12%
- MnO - 0.05
- Absolute Black
- Black Galaxy
- Para disso
- Raw Silk
- Red Multicolor
- Rosewood
- Ruby Red
- Sapphire Blue
- Shivakasi Yellow
- Shivakasi Pink Color
- Steel Grey
- Tropical Green
- Tan Brown
- Royal Cream
- Vizag Blue
- Vyara Gold
Absolute Black Granite is used by most of the builders. It is used in kitchen countertops, flooring, bathroom vanity tops, fireplaces and furniture for residential, commercial and industrial use.
Colonial Gold Granite is also referred as Kashmir gold. It comes in yellow background color with brown spots. It is also uses in construction of houses like kitchens, bathrooms and flooring.
Black Galaxy Granite comes in black and gold color and today this black galaxy is used mostly for floorings. And it is also known as Star Galaxy.
Black Pearl Granite consists of black background with grey spots spread all over. Ii is available at lower rate by which most of the people can afford this stone in their kitchen and bathrooms.
White Granite comes in white color and it is also known as Indian imperial white. It is used in kitchen countertops, bathroom vanity tops.
Mining and processing
Granite mines are available all over the world but India is the main producer for best quality granites. Indian granites are more popular worldwide. A Granite quarry is a pit or some open excavation area from which granite is obtained. To obtain granite from a quarry, the methods of digging, cutting or blasting process, are used. This process of obtaining the stone is called 'quarrying '.
Once quarrying is done, the processing of granite starts.
Processing involves four operations:
- Dressing
- Cutting / sawing
- Surface grinding and polishing
- Edge - cutting and trimming.
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