Finch's For Granite Kitchen Worktops
The igneous rock Granite is a very hard crystalline, igneous or metamorphic rock primarily composed of feldspar, quartz and lesser amounts of dark minerals. It is visibly crystalline in texture. This igneous rock is created deep within the earth from magma, cooled slowly under great pressure. Granite, the hardest building stone has very dense grain which make it virtually impervious to stain. Granite is available in a wide array of colors,different shades and textures such as black, grey, pink, multi coloured etc.It is used as a building material for a variety of interior and exterior applications. These include Kitchen worktops,Vanity units,Fireplaces and floor tiles. The versatility and diversity of granite makes it such an appealing and unique material to use.
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CaesarStone is the original engineered stone surfacing material. It is comprised of approximately 94% natural quartz aggregates, one of nature’s strongest elements.
The balance of the material consists of color pigments and polyester resins.
CaesarStone surfaces are manufactured through a highly automated, yet strictly monitored process,here's how its done:
Raw materials are inspected, then fed into mixers
and blended together.This mixture is then poured into a mold in the form of a slab 306x144cm/120x57”.The slab is then compacted by a special vacuum and vibration process.the slabs are then moved to the curing kiln and heated to 90ºC for
30 minutes - giving CaesarStone genuine stone properties.Slabs are then gauged, calibrated and polished.
Finally, the slabs pass through quality control and are
registered in a database.
CaesarStone is practical, durable and beautiful – and has clear advantages over natural stone and other surfacing materials.
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Thanks to the wide network of Cosentino, the leading brand of Silestone can be found wherever around the world.
It is so unique stone that it can only come from one of the best compounds that the Nature has to offer with the highest technology of the best of Nature.
Silestone has a sophisticated appearance. The touch and weight of a natural stone, but with a superior quality.
Silestone, 94% of natural quartz, one of the most resistant and beutiful elements of the Nature, allows to create from the most beautiful kitchen worktop to the most innovative business project.
Its color consistency is incomparable to any other natural stone.
Silestone is suitable in tables of 304cm x 138cm and 304cm x 133cm, and three different thickness: 12, 20 and 30 mm
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limestone
Limestone is one of the most versatile stones available. In its pure form it is hard enough to be used in almost any application, however it is relatively soft compared to other building stones such as marble or granite.Limestone is chiefly composed of calcium carbonate. It is a sedimentary rock, which means that it is formed by the collection of other minerals coming together to bond at a structural level. This most commonly occurs when lime builds up in oceans, then washes ashore and dries out.It is white in its purest form however impurities that become stuck in the structure during formation cause colorful streaks and shades to appear in its surface. There are literally an unlimited number of colors limestone can come in due to the variety of impurities and the nature of their relationship to the forming stone. Iron will generally cause the colors in limestone to shift to red, or yellow, while carbon will shift the colors more towards grey or black. The erratic nature of the way the impurities join with the limestone, means that each piece of limestone is unique. Despite these wide variations Limestone can be easily categorized into several subgroups.
Marble is a kind of limestone that has undergone a process which has made the structure of the rock more solid. This process allows the stone to take a high polish. This stone is generally formed when limestone is faced with extremes of pressure or temperature that cause it to undergo a process known as metamorphism. When Metamorphism occurs the structure of the limestone becomes crystal in nature, transforming into calcite or dolomite. These two substances are the main materials in marble. The crystal is a very strong molecular form and the result of this is a stronger, highly polish-able stone, with unique coloring characteristics often known as Marbling.
The many colors of marble are induced when impurities get caught in the structure of the marble during formation. Impurities such as carbon, iron, and various oxides cause streaks and shapes to appear in the surface of the stone. There are an enormous variety of impurities that can become trapped in the marble. The result is that marble comes in a very wide range of colors. Further, the way the impurities become trapped form randomized shapes in the marble which ensure that any piece of the stone is one of a kind. It is this feature that inspired many artists to work with marble as a medium.
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