Azul Macaubas Quartzite: Fabricating Brazil's Blue Stone
Azul Macaubas is a blue dumortierite quartzite from Bahia, Brazil. Learn how to identify, cut, polish, reinforce and seal this rare, hard stone correctly.
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Noticias y guías de fabricación de piedra
Consejos de expertos, guías prácticas y noticias del sector para profesionales de la fabricación de piedra. Aprenda sobre la fabricación de encimeras de granito, mármol y cuarzo, el mantenimiento de herramientas y la gestión de talleres.
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Pietra Serena: Working Tuscany's Blue-Grey Sandstone
Pietra Serena guide for fabricators: geology, Florentine history, finishes, cutting, bedding direction, outdoor weathering, sealing and care of the sandstone.
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Botticino Marble: Fabricating Italy's Classic Beige Stone
Botticino marble guide for fabricators: geology, Classico, Semiclassico and Fiorito varieties, cutting, edge polishing, colour matching, sealing and care.
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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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Noce Travertine: Working the Walnut-Toned Classic
Noce travertine guide for fabricators: Turkish and Italian origins, filled vs unfilled, finishes, vein vs cross cut, void filling, sealing and acid-safe care.
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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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Mount Airy Granite: Working North Carolina's White Granite
Mount Airy granite from North Carolina: quarry history, mineralogy, published test data and shop guidance on sawing, edges, polishing, sealing, exterior use.
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Sylacauga Marble: Fabricating Alabama's White Crystalline Stone
Sylacauga marble guide for fabricators: geology of the Alabama belt, verified history and uses, plus cutting, polishing, etching, sealing and care advice.
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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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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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