Natural
Stones for Roofing & Cladding -
Indian Slate
Slate is a hard and strong stone
formed naturally through the process of metamorphosis.
It is a fine grained stone and its formation can be dated back to ancient
times.
It is believed that the river water carried
a lot of silt and mud which was deposited in the sea floor. These
sediments composed of clays and shale eventually build into piles of
slate.
Slate stones are available in a
variety of colors such as green, blue black, grey, copper, brown
etc. The color of Slate is determined largely by its mineral composition.
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What differentiates slate from other stones
is its ability to be split into thin sheets (plates) making it perfect for
roofing, cladding etc. Slates can be given a number of different
finishes like honed, sand rubbed etc.
Slates are used for many different purposes.
Slate roofing, Slate paving and Slate flooring are common applications.
The raw slate stone is available in the form of
Slate Blocks,
Slate Slabs,
Slate Tiles and
Slate Countertops. Depending on the use,
these forms of Slate Stones are used. Slate floor tiles and roofing slate
are commonly used.
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Slate quarries are a large resource
of Natural Slate stones and Slate suppliers process these rocks to make
them usable. Copper Slate, multicolor slate and Black Slate are famous
varieties of slate.
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What are Slate
Blocks?
Slate
suppliers are spread across the world. These suppliers use the most
natural source of slate rocks that is the slate quarries to process raw
slate into various forms to make them usable.
Slate blocks
are large masses of Slate stone. These large blocks of slate are further
processed and cut into different sizes and shapes depending on their
uses.
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What are Slate
Slabs?
Slate slabs
basically refer to flat pieces of slate stone. Slate blocks are cut and
processed into slate slabs which are used in a number of applications both
interior as well as exterior.
Thanks to
slate's strong cleavage property, slate stone can be split into thin
sheets. These sheets of slate are tough and have a strong shining to them
which makes them ideal for interior as well as exterior use.
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What are Slate
Tiles?
Slate tiles
are thin four sided sheets of slate. Slate tiles are ideal for interior as
well as exterior uses. Installing slate tile is relatively easy and Slate
floor tiles are used extensively for flooring purposes.
What makes
slate a perfect building material whether in the form of tiles or slabs is
its ability medium hardness and its shining effect. Cleaning slate tiles
is very easy and they look best when used for flooring purposes. Besides
flooring, slates can be used for roofing as well.
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What are Slate
Counter Tops?
Counter tops
basically refer to a level surface usually fixed on top of a cabinet or a
display case. These countertops come in handy in places like kitchens,
retail stores, homes etc.
Slate is of
medium hardness and is a beautiful Natural Stone. It has an unbeatable
natural look to it which makes it ideal for use as a kitchen or garden
countertop.
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