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Marble - Marble deposits occur in Banaskantha and Baroda districts. Ambaji in Banaskantha district and Chhuchupura in Baroda district are main quarrying centres for white, serpentinous green coloured and various shades and hues which are available in the state.

Limestone - Gujarat is endowed with vast resources of limestone of all grades and millioitic limestone have reached even export market for construction activities. It is soft and dirty yellow in colour which can easily be cut and trimmed. Hence normal skilled labourers are able to bring trimmed blocks of various sizes to fit in to any type of construction. Another type of yellow limestone is being quarried in Kachchh district and it takes very good polish. It is mostly used for flooring purposes within the state.

Sandstone - Himatnagar sandstone is famous all over India and this stone occurs in Himatnagar, Dhangadhra, Songadh and Anjar falling mostly in North Gujarat, Saurashtra and Kachchh districts. It is available in attractive uniform red, pink and white colours and is equigranular in size. Efforts are being made to mechanise the process side and also to market it to Japan and Saudi Arabia.

Quartzite - This rock occurs in Kheda, Panchmahals, Banaskantha, Baroda and Sabarkantha districts and since they are micaceous they split along weak planes and can be easily cut and used as tiles and as acid resistant coating in chemical plants. Being a very hard and compact rock, quarrying and uses of the same are limited.

Granites - Gujarat has black and coloured granites in plenty exhibiting mostly porphyritic texture and various colours ranging from grey to dark red. Gujarat State has granite resources in Banaskantha, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Panchmahals, Amreli, Baroda, Broach, Bhavnagar, Kutch, Rajkot and Junagadh districts.

 

GRANITE IN GUJARAT
Colour/ Fabric /Matrix Location
Pink, Chocolate, Brownish, Equi-granular with pinkish shade Idari in Sabarkantha District
Greyish White, Black, Banded & augan structure . Black and White row of mafic and non-mafic minerals, White, Grey and Fainted, Whitish matrix white dark colour banding. Palanpur, Danta & Deesa in Banaskantha District
Pink and grey, dirty grey, White background with dotted appearance Kheralu, Taranga in Mehsana District
Faint Grey, White, Faint Pink, Dull white background with dotted structure Godhra in Panchmahal District
Black Barbara, Rajula in Amreli District, Wankaner, Jasdan in Rajkot District, Sior, Talala in Bhavnagar District and Nertrag, Rajpardi in Bharuch District
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