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Granites - The Chhatarpur, Panna, Sagar, Datia and Shivpuri districts of Bundelkhand region host massive
medium to coarse grained equigranular as well as porphyritic varieties of pink, red and grey granites. The most promising areas for
multicolour and black granites in the Bundelkhand region are Pista, Bira, Laulas and Baruli in Panna district; Katera, Garhi-Malhera,
Hardwar in Chhatarpur district; Bagrohi and East Shahgarh in Sagar district; Janakpur-Nargarh, Malkhanpur, Sikaua and Baruni in
Datia district and Sarh in Shivpuri district. The Satpura region of the State also holds a good potential for " exclusive patterned varieties" of diamension stones.
In Balaghat, Seoni and Betul districts of Satpura region besides common varieties similar to "Jhansi Red" "Sira Grey" and "Disco-Grey" which are massive
variety with uniform colour and grainsize, patterned varieties similar to "Tiger-Skin" "Ranjita Zuparana", "Paradiso" are also available. The most promising
areas for granites in Satpura region are Kachewara, Bhuriyagaon, Nagarwara, Kholwa, Maneri and Kanjai in Balaghat district; Berghat block in Seoni district and Kesai,
Jamundhana and Kacharboh in Betul district.
Marble - Madhya Pradesh in now fast emerging as Marble producing state in the country. Exotic varieties of
Marble are available in Katni, Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Harda, Sidhi and Jhabua districts. Number of fully mechanised mines is already in
operation in the state. There is ample scope for opening new marble mines as well as for establishing cutting and polishing units in the state.
Sandstone - Extensive deposits of white, buff, cream, pink and red coloured Sandstone (Flagstone) occurs in the
Shivpuri, Guna, Gwalior, Panna, Vidisha, Raisen and Sagar districts. The best deposits occurring in Shivpuri and Panna districts are amicable to
cutting and polishing is being exported mainly to Gulf countries for construction of gigantic mosques. There is ample scope for opening new mines
and establishing cutting and polishing units in the said districts of the States. At present about 200 medium to small sandstone cutting and polishing
units are in operation mainly in the Gwalior, Shivpuri, Panna, Vidisha and Raisen districts.
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