Norite Slabs: Fabricating Orthopyroxene Gabbro Black Stone
Norite is orthopyroxene gabbro sold as black granite. Learn to identify it, choose blades and pads, polish a deep gloss, and stop rust staining in the field.
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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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Greenschist Slabs: Working Low-Grade Metamorphic Green Stone
Greenschist for stone fabricators: index minerals, hardness spread, foliation and slab orientation, delamination risk, polishing, sealing and real uses.
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Itabirite Slabs: Fabricating Banded Iron Formation Stone
Itabirite slabs pair quartz and hematite bands. How mixed hardness wears tooling, why foliation dictates layout, plus weight, sealing and oxidation risk.
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Peridotite and Dunite Slabs: Fabricating Mantle Rock
Peridotite and dunite slabs are mantle rock. How olivine drives density and blade wear, why serpentinization matters, and where the material works best.
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Rhodonite Slabs: Pink Manganese Stone Fabrication Notes
Rhodonite is soft, dense and cleaved. Practical cutting, backing, polishing, sealing and remnant notes for US fabricators handling pink manganese slabs.
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