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A hard limestone in a crystalline or granular state and capable of taking a polish, occurring in many varieties; much used in sculpture and architecture.

One of the most luxurious materials available for internal wall and floors, marble has the advantage over other stones of its wide colour range, from whites to blacks and including pinks, greens, reds and beige shades. When polished, its true beauty comes to light showing the veining and colouring.

Veining in most marbles adds visual interest and effect. All marbles take an excellent polish without the need for application of chemicals. They are normally available in slab and tile form. Honed and non-slip finishes can be produced.

Marble has been created by nature and is both resilient and beautiful, each type of marble is unique to its own locality. For hundreds of years these properties have cause marble to be used for a variety of both internal and external purposes.

It provides an excellent internal wall and floor finish, particularly in such applications as the entrance halls of public buildings, offices, banks, hotels, leisure complexes, shopping malls and individual shops.

Marble is also ideal for use in domestic housing for such purposes as hall floors, bathroom walls, kitchen worktops, hearths and fireplace surrounds.

Granite

A granular crystalline rock, consisting essentially of quartz, orthoclase feldspar and mica. It is the size, distribution and precise chemistry of these minerals which give the granite it's colour. One of the most durable stones available, granite takes excellent polished and thermal textured finishes which are unaffected by exposure to the weather. Granite can be worked to achieve every type of finish from traditional hand tooled, flame textured, shot blasted, acid washed, or honed to highly polished mirror finishes. Granite is a much more dense and harder wearing material whilst having the same aesthetic qualities as marble. Its use is for the same range of applications as marble however, more suitable for certain uses. It is always recommended for use in commercial situations such as public areas or high traffic floors, hotel and office reception desks, domestic kitchen tops and of course exterior cladding to protect and enhance the appearance of buildings. The fact that granite will not burn when subjected to severe heat lends its use for restaurants and hotel hot food buffet tops and can also be made to contain heating elements. It is now widely used in domestic kitchens for the same reasons.