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Stone Album>
STONE ALBUM - A THUMBNAILED IMAGE GALLERY OF STONES
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Stones (Click on the category of your choice) |
| MARBLE |
LIMESTONE |
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A vast repertoire of marble inside,
with many shades of white, green, pink, black marbles inside.
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Green & Blue Kotastone from Rajasthan
India is a widely favoured stone in major projects internatoinally.
Yellow limestone from Jaisalmer, plain and with fossils embedded
is another attractive variety.
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| GRANITE |
SLATE |
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India is the world leader in Granite.
While Black Galaxy, Jupran etc are widely known varieties, the album
inside focusses on the lesser known varieties of Indian granites
from North West of the country
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Exotic varieties of Slate inside.
Shades of Black, green, and multicolour, for all your exterior needs
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| SANDSTONE |
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India is host to the most homogenous
and durable varieties of sandstone. Soft pastle shades of cream,
brown, pink inside
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Using the simplest of tools coupled with expertise, patience and
perseverance, artisans of India create works of splendour, which
have few parallels anywhere in the world.
Just a sample of the vast repertoire of stone artifacts being made
in India
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| INDIAN STONES IN BUILDINGS -
From History to the Present |
HISTORICAL USAGE OF STONES -Indian
natural stones have traditionally been used as an excellent building
material.Since time immemorial, Indian architecture has relied mainly
on stones. Innumerable Temples, Forts and palaces of Ancient Indian
Civilization have been carved out of locally available stones. Besides,
all major archeological excavations have revealed exquisitely carved
statuettes and carvings in Stone.
Glimpses
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MODERN ARCHITECTURAL APPLICATIONS-Indian
Stones are being used in many major buildings abroad as well as
inIndia.The tradition of Stone Architecture has continued to the
present era; with most of the important modern buildings in India
like the Presidential House, Parliament House and Supreme Court
being made from high stones.
Glimpses
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