Natural Stones Suppliers and Exporters in United states

Finally, you have been asked for the selection of natural stone textures for your home construction project, and you confused at that point. No problem; natural stone consultants at  World of Stones , Maryland, are always available to help you out when you stuck somewhere in buying stones. As a leading stone consultant, I am going to unveil the curtain on the name of stone textures in the industry and at the bottom, buyers, as well as many contractors, confused when the veteran industry people talk about stone textures. What is the stone texture? By general definition, the texture is characteristic of the surface of an object, be it a fabric, art canvas, or natural stones. Therefore, textures may be in between two poles, such as smooth or rough, plain or ornate, soft or hard, and matt or glossy. The texture of Natural Stones: Stones derived from the rocks, so textures of the rock are reflecting in the dimension stones. However, in the stone industry, different surface treat...

What does the picture above speak? It tells the saga of a long past, a beautiful tradition, elegance, aesthetic, and royal investment on the selection of the roofing material – The Slate Stone Roof Tiles. Slatestone roofing boasts a long and storied history by providing the longest lasting roofing materials. Natural Slate Stones in Mainstream Usage According to unknown sources, the use of slate stones as a home roofing material was first reported in North Wales, England, nearly 1300 AD. However, slate stones come into mainstream usage in the 1800s when stone quarrying processes advanced enough to provide adequate supply at affordable prices. A Big Gap in Slate Stone Popularity After the onset of the 1900s, Asphalt Shingles flooded in the market, and slate stones remain the choice for rich and royal people for roofing solutions. The Glory Comes Back However, enhancements in quarrying, cutting, transporting, and various surface treatment technologies have brought natural sla...

Granodiorite is less known and used igneous rock falling in intrusive type. It is akin to granite in look but containing a high percentage of plagioclase (K & Ca-rich) feldspar so looks off-white in color. Mineralogy of Granodiorite It contains less than 20%  Quartz . Other minerals are plagioclase, which is always greater than 2/3 of total feldspar. The plagioclase is with lesser orthoclase, Biotite, and amphibole (hornblende). It has Silica (SiO 2) content – 63%-69%. It is felsic to intermediate in mineral content. It is intrusive igneous rock. It has a large amount of sodium and calcium in plagioclase. It has potassium feldspar, some quartz, and a bit of muscovite mica. Biotite & amphiboles give it a two-toned but darker look. Mica found in hexagonal crystals while hornblende found in needle-like crystals. Magnetite, limonite, ulvospinel like oxide minerals, as well as some sulfide minerals are present in it.  Click here for more info

What Is Tuff?  It is an igneous rock, which forms from debris ejected by the explosive volcanic eruption. How Tuff Rock Forms? The volcano usually blasts three kinds of materials. Volcanic Gases : It contains water vapor or steam, organic gases like carbon dioxide, and inorganic gases like hydrogen sulfide. Magma : Another name of magma is Lava, which is the melted & heated liquid stuff from the core of the Earth. When air blasted, it forms the volcanic ash. Tephra : The chunks of solid material of different shapes and sizes.  The ejected materials usually settle down in the surrounding areas of the volcano and compacted as well as cemented forming a solid rock called “Tuff” and useful in constructions when it achieves required hardness and thickness. The layer of the tuff is the thickest near the volcanic crater and reducing gradually with increased distance from the center. Thus, it creates lens-shaped deposits around the volcano. What Is Tuff Ring? ...

History of Flooring In primitive homes, floors were made mostly from a mixture of stone aggregates with lime solutions. Homes of the rich were of  natural stones , but the poor were struggling with sub-standard materials. Floor Cloth Invention The invention of cement had eased the floor maintenance, but basic issues were persistent. To make floor appearance good-looking, floor clothes were invented, which was replaced by some relatively sturdy fabrics, including canvas, hemp, and linen gradually. Linoleum Invention With the pace of time, linoleum was made from linseed oil, cork gums, and pigmenting materials. It was leather-like oil-cloth and inexpensive, so affordable for all. PVC Invention In the 1950s, the invention of plastic chemicals has given birth to PVC or Poly Vinyl Chloride material, which was a long chain of the molecules of Polyvinyl Chloride or simply vinyl as a base material. Layered Vinyl Flooring or Luxury Vinyl Flooring Later on, the layered vinyl...

White Fantasy or White Fantasy Granite is also known as other names in the industry such as Super White  Quartzite , Brazilian Arabescato Quartzite, American White Marble, Super White Marble, Dolomite, and Donna Maria. It looks like marble but wears quartzite or granite. You can see super fine edge trimming and a high degree of resemblance to marble. Super white granite has white coloration with light gray grains & veins running across the mass and surfaces. It was primarily mined in Brazil and later on found on different location around the world including India. Clean, crisp, and sleek beauty of white fantasy render it an excellent choice for interior and  exterior application  when the marble proves a softer choice than the sturdy granite. Geology of White Fantasy Granite: Geologically, it is quartzite rock with metamorphic in origin, not igneous as true quartzite or granite. During the metamorphic process, quartz  sandstone  heated in oro...

Well, you have an innate affinity with Mother Nature, and your love of natural rocks is admirable. We are familiar with natural stones available for construction purposes in the form of slabs, cubes, and tiles or veneers, but we often ignore smaller and irregular shaped fragments of natural rocks available in nature abundantly. For those  pieces of rock  fragments, the industry has coined beautiful terms and classified based on a range of size. Cobbles  are larger fragments of different rocks ranging from 64 to 256mm in the diameter. Pebbles  are mid-size particles of rocks ranging between 4 to 64mm diameters. Gravels  or granules are of the smallest particle size of 2 to 4mm diameters.  Types of Pebbles: Based on the locations the pebbles found, we can classify them into the beach pebbles and river pebbles. The formation of the beach pebbles takes place due to washing activities of sea currents. Similarly, river pebbles are forming by the flow of ...

We use natural stones for their natural beauty and timeless appeal. Apart from these, natural stones have some physical and chemical properties that are rendering them the most sought after material in the construction industry for centuries. Today, we are going to exploit one of those properties, which is  Durability . What Is the Durability of Natural Stone? When we are going to define the durability of a material, it is the term used for an ability of a material to stay for a service life within the surrounding milieu, even without any damage or unforeseen maintenance requirement. In simple words,  natural stone  should have resistance to various Weathering actions, including humidity, heat, frost/cold, wind, water, and Sun effects. Chemical attacks, including sewage, corrosion, carbonation, pH, and spills.  What Are Parameters to Measure Durability? There are numerous parameters, which are coming under consideration when we are going to measure the d...

Have you ever seen plain walls and floors in interior and exterior spaces? How dull those construction elements look dull despite colors painted on them? Yes, it is true that simple plain colors are not adding charms in the interior and exterior designs of residential or commercial buildings. What you need is textures, and precisely natural texture to bring natural beauty in your internal and  external  milieus. It is a natural stone that possesses more than everything you need to decorate and beautify your spaces after all manufactured tiles and other materials are almost mimicking the appearance of natural stones here and there. Let’s learn how we can use a variety of texture created by Mother Earth on the natural rocks after prolonged and intense processes, including sedimentation and metamorphism. During the natural processes, rocks get grains, veins, and spectrum of different colors and hues that are resulting in splendid designs, patterns, and styles. With the advent...

What is Sandstone? Sandstone is one of the most common kinds of clastic sedimentary rocks consists of sand-size (0.06 to 2 mm) clasts or grains of minerals and organic matters. Formation of Sandstone  Under the sea Under the Land The formation of sandstone occurs mostly into two phases, sedimentation/accumulation & compaction. Sedimentation of sand particles takes place either through water or air. Compaction occurs with physical pressure and chemical changes. The steps are: Sedimentation of quartz crystals Formation of cement & matrix Formation of pores Types of Sandstone Components The first phase forms sand clasts or grains due to transportation of sand particles from the source. The second phase forms cement or binding material and matrix as filler between the framework grains or clasts. The pore space is a void where no clasts, cement, or matrix matter exists. Let’s know these components of sandstone with some details. ​ Click h...