Description APPEARANCE Tarn granite (Saint Salvy) is a grey-blueyish granite which grain can be fine, medium or coarse. The Tarn Silverstar is coming from the largest quarry (20,000m3 / year); it is a coarse grain but very consistent and no black spots. It has a very low porosity which allows [...]
5 October 2017 mbstone-intlGranit,GreystoneREAD MORE
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 [...]
27 December 2015 mbstone-intlGrey,MarblestoneREAD MORE
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. [...]
26 December 2015 mbstone-intlGrey,Hard limestonestoneREAD MORE
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 [...]
26 December 2015 mbstone-intlGrey,Hard limestone,YellowstoneREAD MORE
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 [...]
26 December 2015 mbstone-intlBlack,Blue,Grey,MarblestoneREAD MORE
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 [...]
25 December 2015 mbstone-intlBeige,Grey,Hard limestone,YellowstoneREAD MORE