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Grey Arudy
Description APPEARANCE Near Arudy, in the Pyrenees, is located a grey stone, in fact a marble. Several extractions are on the mountain and thus give to this stone some variations in appearance that we classify into 4 different stones. The best known, the Ste Alpha serving in France for centuries [...] READ MORE
Ruoms
Description APPEARANCE Ruoms is a sedimentary limestone and its constitution was spread over the last 150 million years. At certain times of sedimentation appeared small shells that have fossilized. This gave parts of blocks more or less shelly. The uniform background color is dark grey with more or black fossils. [...] READ MORE
Villebois
Description APPEARANCE Villebois is a sedimentary limestone and its constitution was spread over the last 150 million years. Quarry shows different layers and depending on the layer, the appearance of stone could vary a bit particularly in the honed/polished and flamed finish . The most available color is what is [...] READ MORE
Lanvignes
Description APPEARANCE Lanvignes is a semi-hard limestone. Quarry gives 2 main colors : Yellow that goes from a medium yellow , with a flowered aspect to a darker yellow Gold which is a light yellow. Some shells appear more on gold as background color is lighter. There may be sometimes [...] READ MORE
Blue Savoy
Description APPEARANCE Blue Savoy is a crystalline marble which has formed over the last 190 million years. The background color is gray-blue with white or dark veins which gives it its marbled appearance. It is found in the quarry more or less dark areas, from black to bluish gray. Light [...] READ MORE
Saint Martin
Description APPEARANCE The St Martin Belle Roche stone is extracted essentially from two locations just a few kilometers apart: One producing the St Martin and the other producing the St Albain. They are usually cut with bed . In St. Martin, there are 3 colors: grey, beige and yellow; St Albain [...] READ MORE
Chandore
Description APPEARANCE Chandore is a sedimentary limestone and its constitution was spread over the last 150 million years. Quarry shows different layers and depending on the layer, the appearance of stone could vary a bit particularly in the honed/polished and flamed finish. You could find in what is named: Bench [...] READ MORE
Comblanchien
Description APPEARANCE Comblanchien is a sedimentary limestone and its constitution was spread over the last 150 million years. At certain times of sedimentation appeared small shells that have fossilized. This gave parts of blocks more or less shelly. So when we saw a block parallel to the quarry bed, you [...] READ MORE