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Stones - sandeep jain - 04-12-2014

India is one of the few countries in the world possessing a wide spectrum of dimensional stones viz. Granite, Marble, Sandstone, Limestone, Slate, Quartzite etc. The Indian stone industry has evolved into the following production and manufacturing categories: Dimensional stone blocks for monumental and building purposes, Processed Monuments and tomb stones, Structural slabs in all forms, Sculptures and artefacts, Calibrated modular tiles, and Cobbles, Cubes, Kerbs and Landscape garden stones.




There are three main types of stones: Igneous - formed when molten rock cools,
Sedimentary – formed by the “cementing together” of small grains of sediment and
Metamorphic – rocks changed by the effect of heat and pressure.

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