Bluestone & Granite for Stonescaping
Bluestone is a great product for walkways, patios, steps, landings,
bridges, paths, driveways, walls, and many other creative landscape
projects.
Bluestone — a variety
of sandstone — is a beautiful and versatile building material, so-named
because the stone appears blue when wet or freshly broken. The name is a
bit of a misnomer, however, because the stone can be found in a range of
colors. Geologically, bluestone is a fine-grained arkosic sandstone,
also geologically referred to as a feldspathic sandstone. Though it is a
durable stone that resists cracking, bluestone is highly prized as a
building material because it can be easily separated into slabs of
nearly any desired size. The stone usually is split and used in outdoor
paving, such as walkways and patios.
Applications
The durable texture of bluestone makes it ideal for
almost any application. The material is sold as both dimensional and
flagstone, providing opportunities for use as paving, pool coping, wall
veneer, countertops, patios, architectural facings, fireplaces, sills,
and as a basic building material for churches, institutions, homes and
businesses. Bluestone is available in many formats and sizes such as
irregular slabs, tumbled pavers, wall rock and tumbled gravel.
Further, the versatile stone offers
near-endless possibilities when it comes to finishes, whether you desire
cleft, flamed, sawn, split-face or tumbled finishes. Bluestone also can
be treated thermally, sanded and rubbed, or honed; honed bluestone is
said to be a superb material for countertops. Basically, for whatever
application you can imagine, it can be carved or cut from bluestone.
Granite:
Granite, from igneous rock, is a very
hard, crystalline, and primarily composed of feldspar, quartz
accompanied by one or more dark minerals. It is visibly homogeneous in
texture.
The term "Granite" means "grain" in Latin word "Granum" because of its
granular nature.
Granite is the hardest building stone, and granite slabs and granite
tiles occupy a prominent place among dimensional stones. Due to its
hardness, resistance to weathering, capability to take mirror polish,
fascinating colors and textural patterns, granite slabs and granite
tiles are extremely popular.
The principal characteristics of granite also include high load bearing
capacity, crushing strength, abrasive strength, amenability to cutting
and shaping without secondary flaws, ability to yield thin and large
slabs and - above all - durability.
Due to highly dense grain, it is impervious to stain. Polished granite
slabs and granite tiles have achieved a special status as building
stones globally. Granite is also used for wall cladding, roofing,
flooring, and a variety of other interior and exterior applications.
India is one of the largest producers of granites blocks and processed
granite slabs and granite tiles. Granites from leading Indian exporters
are listed here.