Troctolite: Fabricating Olivine-Rich Gabbroic Stone
A fabrication guide to troctolite, the spotted olivine and calcic plagioclase gabbroid, covering serpentinised olivine, cutting behaviour and finish selection.
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Stone Fabrication News & Guides
Expert tips, how-to guides, and industry news for stone fabrication professionals. Learn about granite, marble, quartz countertop fabrication, tool maintenance, and shop management.
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Eudialyte Slabs: Working Rare Red Zirconium Cyclosilicate
A fabrication guide to eudialyte, the rare raspberry-red cyclosilicate from alkaline intrusions: hardness, cutting, polishing and realistic applications.
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Pietersite: Fabricating Namibia's Brecciated Chatoyant Stone
A fabrication guide to pietersite, the brecciated chatoyant chalcedony from Namibia, covering hardness, orienting chatoyancy and cutting fractured stone.
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Astrophyllite: Working Bladed Golden Titanosilicate Stone
A fabrication guide to astrophyllite, the bladed golden-brown titanosilicate, covering its low hardness, perfect cleavage and realistic decorative applications.
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BIM Coordination for Stone Packages: A Fabricator's Guide
What levels of development 100 to 500 mean for a stone package, how to coordinate models without wasted effort, and where scanning and as-built data pay off.
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Akemi Akepox 1005 Flowing Epoxy: A Stone Shop Guide
How stone shops use Akemi Akepox 1005 flowing epoxy: 4:1 mixing by weight, temperature limits, slab strengthening with mesh, colouring, cure and storage.
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Tillite and Diamictite Slabs: Working Glacial Rock
How to saw, polish and finish tillite and diamictite slabs, where hard clasts and soft matrix fight your tooling, plus realistic finish and repair strategy.
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Carbonatite Slabs: Fabricating Rare Igneous Carbonate
Carbonatite is a rare igneous rock built from carbonate minerals. Why it cuts and polishes like marble, what tooling to use, and how to protect the finish.
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Staurolite Schist Slabs: Fabrication Considerations
Staurolite schist as a decorative slab: hard cruciform porphyroblasts in a soft mica matrix, foliation and cut direction, backing, edges, finish and sealing.
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Cure Monitoring and Shore Hardness Testing of Stone Adhesives
How fabricators confirm a polyester, epoxy or acrylic stone adhesive is cured: gel and machinable stages, Shore D durometer testing, and witness samples.
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Datum Points and Reference Lines in Stone Layout
How stone fabricators set a datum point and reference lines from template to install, and how datum errors turn into seam gaps and bad splash scribes.
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Cartridge Guns and Dispensing Tools for Stone Adhesives
How cartridge ratios, thrust ratio, static mixers and gun choice decide whether stone adhesive actually cures, plus cleaning, storage and jobsite kits.
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Jet and Anthracite: Fabricating Organic Black Stone
Jet is lignite, not a mineral, and anthracite is the highest rank of coal. A fabricator's guide to cutting, bonding and protecting organic black stone.
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