MARBLE
The stunning and sturdy stone, “Marble” is used to enhance and beautify the spaces. Usually, it is a light-coloured stone abundantly found and is mined on a large scale. Most common use of marble is either as Crushed stone or as Dimension stone.
Marble
The Crushed Stone is used as aggregate in construction of highways, railroads and building foundations. Marble chips are very commonly used in landscaping to create zen spaces. Dimension Stone, as the name suggests, the stone is sawed and polished in different specific dimensions and used for various purposed in building monuments, art sculptors and more.
Its mineral composition and properties such as acid neutralizer and hardness determines its diversified use; from building cladding to sculptures, from staircase threads to columns and from windowsills to floor tiles.
Formation & Composition
Marble is a metamorphic rock formed when the sedimentary rock ‘limestone’ is subjected to high heat and pressure from the earth’s crust. The major composition of marble is calcite (CaCO3) along with other minerals such as mica, quartz, graphite, pyrite, iron oxides and clay minerals. The % of impurities that the marble contains determine the colour of the marble.
Availability & Color
Rajasthan has the largest deposition of marble in India along with Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Indian marble is available in several colours like white, pink, beige, brown, yellow, and black.