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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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 are mantle rock. How olivine drives density and blade wear, why serpentinization matters, and where the material works best.
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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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