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Marble has the ability to make bold visual connection to any image or message being conveyed. The depth and versality of this unique and highly expensive material provides tremendous creative possibility.

Different Finishes

1. Polished

2 Honed

3. Antiq

Different Sizes

1. Blocks : 280 X 140 X 140cm & up / 200 X 100 X 100cm & up

2. Slabs : 1.2cm / 1.5cm / 1.8cm / 2cm / 3cm / 4cm

3. Tiles : 30 X 30 cm / 30 X 60 cm / 40 X 40 cm / 40 X 60 cm / 60 X 60 cm / 60 X 90 cm / 60 X 120 cm

4. Champered and Calibrated : 305 X 610 X 10mm / 12mm / 305 X 305 X 10mm / 305 X 510 X 10mm / 40 X 40 X 12mm

* Besides these sizes requisite sizes of blocks, slabs and tiles can be supplied depending on the customer's requirement.

Properties

Chemical Properties of Marble

Lime (Ca0) : 38-42%	Silica (Si02) : 20-25%	Alumina (Al203) : 2-4%	Other Oxides like Na, Mg : 1.5-2.5%
Loss On Ignition (LOI) : 30-32%

Chemically Green Marble has 38-40% Sio2, 34-38% MgO, 2-3%AL203, 5-6% Iron Oxides, 1-2% Ca0 & 12-13% LOI.

Marble and other calcareous stones, are referred to as acid sensitive. Calcareous stones are readily dissolved in acid, therefore acidic products should not be used on limestone and marbles.

There are several types of marbles, including calcites (from calciferous limestone), dolomites(from dolomite limestone), serpentines (typically green marbles) and travertine (sedimentary limestone). Each of these is similar in their composition, that being predominantly calcium carbonate and their capability to take a polish.

Physical Properties of Marble

Physically, Marbles are metamorphic representatives of limestones and are also siliceous calcium carbonate rocks except Green Marble, which is a magnesium silicate rock of serpentine nature of alkalis & ferromagnesian minerals.

Hardness : 3-4 on Moh': Scale	Density : 2.2-2.85 kg/m3	Compressive Strength : 1800-2100 kp/cm2
Water Absorption : less than 1%	Porosity : Quite Low	Weather Impact : Resistant

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