Pietra del Cardoso: Working Tuscany's Dark Gray Stone
Pietra del Cardoso is a dark gray metasandstone from Tuscany's Apuan Alps. Learn how to test, cut, finish, seal and maintain it in kitchens, baths and facades.
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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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Perla Venata Quartzite: Fabricating Brazil's Pearl Stone
Perla Venata quartzite from Ceara, Brazil: how to confirm it is true quartzite, then cut, edge, polish, seal and care for this cream, veined exotic stone slab.
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Cultured Marble Vanity Tops: What Stone Shops Should Know
Cultured marble is cast resin with a gel coat, not stone. How it differs from marble and quartz, how to cut, drill, repair and clean it, and when to replace...
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Sugilite Slabs: Fabricating Rare Purple Manganese Stone
Sugilite is rare, mid-hard and colored by manganese. Learn what it is, how it is sold as small pieces and composites, and how to cut, back and polish it.
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Lepidolite Slabs: Working Lilac Lithium Mica Stone
Lepidolite is a lilac lithium mica with perfect cleavage. Verified mineralogy plus honest guidance on sawing, resin stabilizing, backing and polishing slabs.
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Marble Crystallization Floor Treatments: Chemistry and Risks
Guide to marble crystallization: fluorosilicate chemistry, steel wool process, which stones react, the risks critics cite, and diamond honing alternatives.
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Thulite and Zoisite Slabs: Working Pink Calcium Silicate Stone
Thulite and zoisite slab guide: manganese pink colour, Mohs hardness, perfect cleavage, anyolite relief control, cutting, polishing, sealing and care.
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Prehnite Slabs: Working Translucent Green Calcium Stone
Prehnite slab guide for stone fabricators: mineralogy, Mohs hardness, cleavage and fracture, wet cutting and polishing, backlit panels, sealing and care.
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Petrographic Analysis of Dimension Stone: Reading Thin Sections
What an ASTM C1721 petrographic report tells a fabricator: thin sections, mineralogy, microcracks, alteration, and how to read it for tooling and sealing.
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Barre Granite: Working Vermont's Fine-Grained Grey Stone
Barre granite guide for fabricators: Vermont geology, quarries, mineral makeup, sawing, polishing, lettering finishes, silica dust control and long-term care.
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Chrysocolla Slabs: Fabricating Blue-Green Copper Stone
Chrysocolla is soft, copper-bearing and often quartz-intergrown. Learn how to identify, cut, back and polish chrysocolla slabs and panels, and where they suit.
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Larimar Slabs: Working Caribbean Blue Pectolite Stone
Larimar is blue pectolite from one Dominican region. Verified hardness, color and fading facts, plus honest fabrication guidance for slabs and small pieces.
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Rodingite Slabs: Fabricating Calcium-Altered Ultramafic Stone
Rodingite slabs explained for fabricators: mineralogy, hardness spread, blade and pad choices, sourcing limits and the serpentinite asbestos question.
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