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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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