Granite Samples

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Azul Platino

Description: Overall light grey with a faint blue tint. Uniform crystal structure, black green and white with a bright silver fleck.
Origin: Spain
Other Names: Blue Platino, Blue Patino.
Similar Stones: Rosa Delta, Rosa Beta Mondariz.
Available Finishes Full Polish.
Stone Type & Age: Granite,
Formed 300 Million Years ago during Carbonifourus period

Azul Platino

Negro Santa Olalla

Description: Overall a light grey. Uniform crystal structure, black grey and white.
Origin: Spain.
Other Names:Azul Extramadura, Black Santa, Olla.
Similar Stones:Negro Batalla, Negro Ochavo.
Available FinishesFull Polish, Antico
Stone Type & Age:Granite,
Formed 300 Million Years ago during Carbonifourus period

Negro Santa Olalla

Rosa Porrino

Description: Light pink uniformed crystal structure of black pink white and clear flecks.
Origin: Spain.
Other Names:Rosa Porhino.
Similar Stones:Salisbury pink, Balmoral red,
China Red.
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Granite
Cabonifourous circa 300 million years.

Rosa Porrino

Mondariz

Description:Overall a light grey with toffee colored spots.
Origin:Spain.
Other Names:Gris Mondariz.
Similar Stones:Bianco Sardo.
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Granite,
Carboniferous Circa 300 million years.

Mondariz

Rosa Beta

Description: Overall a light grey with small pale pink flecks.
Origin: Italy.
Other Names:
Similar Stones:
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Granite,
Carboniferous 300 million years.

Rosa Beta

Balmoral red

Description: Overall a light red made up of red, black, and quarts crystals.
Origin: Finland.
Other Names:
Similar Stones:
Available Finishes Full Polish.
Stone Type & Age: Granite,
Proterozoic circa 1000 million years.

Balmoral red

Steel Grey

Description:Overall dark grey Similar to Nero Impala but with much larger crystal size.
Origin: India.
Other Names:
Similar Stones:Nero Impala.
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Meta Conglomerate,
Proterozoic circa 1000 million years.

Steel Grey

Baltic Brown

Description: Popular and familiar stone. Dark brown round ooliths ringed with lighter pale green/brown and black.
Origin: Finland.
Other Names:Finnish Brown,Bruno Baltico
Similar Stones:Baltic Green , TanBrown
Available FinishesFull Polish
Stone Type & Age:
Granite.
Formed 1000 mIllion years ago during the Proterozoic period.

Baltic Brown

Nero Impala

Black Pearl Granite Sample

Description: Black Pearl Granite. This is a very popular material, similar to Emerald Black in colour, overall it is very dark with some brown and grey flecks. This material polishes well giving a very glassy surface.
Origin: India.
Other Names:
Similar Stones: Nero Impala, Enerald Black
Available Finishes Full Polish.
Stone Type & Age: Gabbro Proterozoic,
Circa 1000 million years.

Black Pearl Granite Sample

Coral Gold Granite Sample

Description:An interesting granite which is new to the market. Aptly named due to the remarkable similarity to its namesake.
Origin: India.
Other Names:

Similar Stones:
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:

Coral Gold Granite Sample

Angola Black granite sample

Description: Overall velvety black with a silver white craze.
Origin: Angola.
Other Names: Angola Black and Silver,
Nero Angola, Negro Angola.
Similar Stones: Angola Gold,
Emerald Black, Emerald pearl.
Available Finishes Full Polish
Stone Type & Age: Anorthocite,
Cambrian 500 million years.

Angola Black granite sample

Kashmire White

Description:Overall a very light green/white granite with black/brown speckles, some flowing movement and a small amount of silvery flecks.
Origin: India
Other Names:Cashmere White.
Similar Stones:
Available FinishesFull Polish Antico.
Stone Type & Age:Gneiss,
Proterozoic Circa 1000 million years.

Kashmire White

Emerald Black

Description: Overall very dark grey uniform black, blue and green crystals with bronse/silver shimmering flecks.
Origin: Finland
Other Names:
Similar Stones: Nero Impala, Black Pearl.
Available Finishes Full Polish.
Stone Type & Age: Gabbro Proterozoic,
Circa 1000 million years.

Emerald Black

Imperial Gold

Description: Overall Light Creamy yellow. Slightly lined structure of yellow white and black with small burgundy spots.
Origin:Brazil.
Other Names:Giallo Imperial, Giallo Imperialle, New Venitian Gold.
Similar Stones:Imperial Topazio, Oro Brazil,
Juperana Persa, Santa Cecillia, Giallo Sanfrancisco.
Available Finishes:Full Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Gneiss,
Formed 500 Million Years ago during Cambrian period

Imperial Gold

Imerial Red

Description: A very bold and striking material overall a deep orangy red ,with some small Gold flecks.
Origin: India.
Other Names:Rhapsondy red.
Similar Stones:African red.
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Granite,
Archean circa 3000 million years.

Imerial Red

Saphire Brown

Description:Overal a dark Brown. Round ooliths of light brown circled by pale blue and black.
Origin:India.
Other Names:Sapphire Blue.
Similar Stones:Baltic Brown, Tan Brown.
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Granite,
Archean circa 3000 million years.

Saphire Brown

Tan Brown

Description:Overal deep Burgandy/Brown
Large granular mahogonny spats with black brown background.
Origin: India
Other Names:English Brown, New York Brown.
Similar Stones:Baltic Brown, Saphire Brown.
Available FinishesFull Polish, Antico
Stone Type & Age:Granite,
Formed 1000 Million Years ago during Archean period

Tan Brown

Verde Fontaine

Description: Overall green with a flowing look to its structure of green, grey, black and light pink/mauve.
Origin: South Africa.
Other Names:Verde fontain.
Similar Stones:Verde Sanfrancisco,
Verde Multicolour, Verde Savana.
Available FinishesFull Polish Antico.
Stone Type & Age:Charnockite,
Proterozoic circa 1000 million years.

Verde Fontaine

Verde Ubatuba

Description:A very popular material overall very dark green/black, with a golden vein and iridescent blue/silver flecks.
Origin: Brazil.
Other Names:Verde Uba Tuba,
Ubatuba Bahia.
Similar Stones:Seaweed Green,
Verde Butterfly.
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Metamorphosed Quartz Syenite
Cambrian circa 500 million years.

Verde Ubatuba

Multicolour Red

Description:A bright orangy red with a flowing look to its structure of orange and black.
Origin: India.
Other Names:Rosso Multicolour, Multi Red.
Similar Stones:Multicolour Red funil.
Available FinishesFull Polish Antico.
Stone Type & Age:Gneiss migmatite,
Formed 3000 Million Years ago during the Archean period

Multicolour Red

Verde lavras

Description:Overall a bright green with distinctive oval shaped crystals of green black and white.
Origin:Brazil.
Other Names:Lavras Green.
Similar Stones:Verde Tropicana, Verde Sanfrancisco, Verde Multicolour.
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Gneiss.
Proterozoic Circa 1000 Million years.

Verde lavras

Giallo Fiorito

Description:Overal golden brown similar to venitian gold but with larger colored patches.
Origin: Brazil.
Other Names:Giallo Fiorito,Giallo veniziano fiorito, Amorelo, Gold Fiorito Granite.
Similar Stones:Venetian Gold,
Imperial gold.
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Granite,
Cambrian Circa 500 million years.

Giallo Fiorito

Shivikashi

Description:Overal light golden yellow, with some flowing movement in structure and small brown spots.
Origin:India.
Other Names:Shivikashi,
Shivakashi light, yellow, gold, pink.
Similar Stones:Imperial gold, Ivory silk.
Available FinishesFull Polish Antico.
Stone Type & Age:Gneiss,
Proterzoic circa 1000 million years.

Shivikashi

Orissa Blue

Description: A light grey-blue granite with dark-grey waves and red spots
Origin: India
Other Names: Samantha Blue
Similar Stones: Lavender Blue, Vizag Blue, Bahama Blue, Blue Bengal and Paradiso blue
Available Finishes Full Polish.
Stone Type & Age: Migmatite, Proterozoic era circa 1000 million years

Orissa Blue

Vizag Blue

Description:A bold looking bright mauve/purple with a flowing look to its structure of purple, mauve and black with small red dots.
Origin: India.
Other Names:Boss Blue,
Bahama Blue Amythst.
Similar Stones:Paradiso
Available FinishesFull Polish
Stone Type & Age:migmatite,
Proterozoic Circa 1000 million years.

Vizag Blue

Kashmire Gold

Description:A golden yellow some flowing look to its structure of yellow, grey and black with small browndots.
Origin:India.
Other Names:Cashmere gold.
Similar Stones:Imperial gold,
Madura gold.
Available FinishesFull Polish Antico.
Stone Type & Age:Gneiss,
Proterozoic circa 1000 million years.

Kashmire Gold

Verde Maritaka

Description:Overal a dark olive green similar to verde tropical but darker and with less movement. Green black quartz.
Origin:Brazil.
Other Names:Verde Marataka.
Similar Stones:Verde Sanfrancisco, Verde Multicolour, Verde Savana.
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Gneiss,
Proterozoic Circa 1000 million years.

Verde Maritaka

Tropical Black

Description:A very striking material with waves of bright red, orange, pink, and purple flowing through a black background.
Origin:India.
Other Names:
Similar Stones:Nero Tropical.
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Gneiss,
Proterozoic Circa 1000 million years.

Tropical Black

Verde Bahia Gloria

Description:Deep bottle green with black and gold flecks.
Origin: Brazil
Other Names:Verde Gloria.
Similar Stones:Verxde Maritaka, Ubatuba.
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Charnokite.
Archean Circa 3000 million years.

Verde Bahia Gloria

Venitian Gold

Description: A rich golden Brown. With veins of black and brown.
Origin: Brazil.
Other Names:Giallo Veniziano.
Similar Stones:Giallo Fiorito, New Venitan Gold.
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Gniess,
Formed 500 Million Years ago during Cambrian period

Venitian Gold

Cosmos

Description:Overall charcoal black with pale silver flecks.
Origin: South Africa
Other Names:Stargate Cosmos,
African Galaxy, New galaxy, Nero Cosmos.
Similar Stones:Star galaxy.
Available FinishesFull Polish Antico.
Stone Type & Age:Gabbro
Proterozoic circa 1000 million years.

Cosmos

Black Marinace

Description: Formed deep beneth the earths crust from an ancient river bed. A conglomerate of black, grey and white pebbles held within a black granite.
Origin: Spain
Other Names: Nero Marinace, Nero Marinacae
Similar Stones: Verde Marinace
Available Finishes Full Polish.
Stone Type & Age: Meta-conglomerate formed in the Archean to Proterozoic period circa 3000 million years.

Black Marinace

Antique brown granite sample

Description: Rich dark brown granite with large scale whitish patternation and a slightly glassy appearence
Origin:
Other Names: Marron Cohiba
Similar Stones:
Available Finishes Full polish or Leather finish
Stone Type & Age:

Antique brown granite sample

Juparana Bordeaux

Labrador Antique

Description:Overall a soft brown with bright electric blue flecks.
Origin: Norway.
Other Names:
Similar Stones:
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Gabbro,
Proterozoic Circa 1000 million years.

Labrador Antique

Angola Gold

Description: A velvety charcoal black with sparkling flecks of gold and silver, not to be confused with Angola Black.
Origin:Angola
Other Names:Angola Black and Gold
Saddleback
Similar Stones:Angola Black, Emerald Black,
Emerald Pearl.
Available FinishesFull Polish
Stone Type & Age:Anorthocite Cambrian,
500 Million Years.

Angola Gold

Blue Pearl

Description:Overall light blue/silver with electric blue iridescent flecks on a black/grey background. Similar to Emerald pearl but lighter and with a brighter Blue fleck.
Origin:Norway.
Other Names:Labrador Chiaro, Labrador Blue,
Blue Larvikite.
Similar Stones:Marina pearl, Emerald Pearl,
Volga Blue, Blue Polar Spectoralite.
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Larvikite
Permian 280 million years.

Blue Pearl

Verde Marinacae

Description:>Origin: Brazil
Other Names:Green Marinachi, Calypso Green.
Similar Stones:Rosso Marinace,Nero Marinace.
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Metamorphoc conglomerate.
Archean Circa 3000 million years.

Verde Marinacae

Volga Blue

Description:Overal dark green/black with some bright blue/silver flecks. Similar to spectoralite but with much less iridescence.
Origin: Ukraine.
Other Names:Blue Volga
Similar Stones:Emerald Pearl,
Blue Polar Spectoralite.
Available Finishes
Full Polish
Stone Type & Age:Gabbro.
Proterozoic Circa 1000 million years.

Volga Blue

Angola Blue

Description: Grey/black granite with shimmering blue flecks
Origin:
Other Names: Blue in the Night
Similar Stones:
Available Finishes Full polish
Stone Type & Age:

Angola Blue

Description: Grey/black granite with shimmering blue flecks
Origin:
Other Names: Blue in the Night
Similar Stones:
Available Finishes Full polish
Stone Type & Age:

Zimbabwe Black

Description: This is the typical ''''''''Black granite'''''''' very striking. Overall black with a very fine grey fleck.
Origin: Zimbabwe.
Other Names:Nero Assoluto,
Absolute Black, Nero Zimbabwe.
Similar Stones:Belfast Black Shanxi Black,
Indian Black.
Available FinishesFull Polish Honed Antico.
Stone Type & Age:Gabbro,
Proterozoic circa 500 million years.

Zimbabwe Black

Star Galaxy granite sample

Description: Overall black with a bright gold fleck, a very popular material which looks great with anything.
Origin: India.
Other Names:Galaxy Black.
Similar Stones:Angola Gold,
Cosmos, New Galaxy.
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Gabbro,
Proterzoic circa 1000 million years.

Star Galaxy granite sample

Emerald Pearl

Description: Overall dark with large semi precious iridescent blue/silver flecks. Very popular material which always looks stunning.
Origin: Norway
Other Names: Labrador Scuro, Emerald Labradorite, Dark Larvikite
Similar Stones: Blue pearl, Emerald Black, Angola Black, Volga Blue, Blue Polar Spectoralite
Available Finishes Full Polish
Stone Type & Age: Larvikite
Permian 280 Million years.

Emerald Pearl

Blue Polar Spectoralite

Description:A very stunning material overall dark with lots of very reflective blue silver red flecks.
Origin:Ukraine.
Other Names:Spectoralite, Volga Blue Spectoralite.
Similar Stones:Volga Blue, Emerald Pearl.
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Gabbro,
Proterozoic Circa 1000 million years.

Blue Polar Spectoralite

Blue Eyes

Description:A soft silvery grey with very bright electric blue flecks.
Origin:Canada.
Other Names:
Similar Stones:Labrador antique
Available FinishesFull Polish
Stone Type & Age:Gabbro.
Proterozoic Circa 1000 Million years.

Blue Eyes

Labradorite madagascar

Description:A very special semi precious stone. Overal green with large patches of iridescent red/blue/green and silver.
Origin:Madagascar.
Other Names:Ampanihy-Bekily.
Similar Stones:Blue polar spectoralite.
Available FinishesFull Polish.
Stone Type & Age:Anorthosite.

Labradorite madagascar

Black Cosmic granite sample

Description: Dramatic large scale silver, grey and black swirls with large pieces of quartz running through.
Origin: Brazil
Other Names: Nero Cosmic
Similar Stones: Jacaranda
Available Finishes Full polish, Antico ,Leather finish
Stone Type & Age: Archean - Proterozoic

Black Cosmic granite sample

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