India is a leading commercial natural stone producing country in the world, delivering 27% of the total world’s production of stones from its quarries. India is exporting natural stone products worth of $300 million each year. Wikipedia portraits the Indian stone industry India, with an estimated resource of about 1,690 million cubic meter deposits worth exploring in the coming years.
If you are a well-aware buyer, you might be familiar with different types of stones in colloquial languages, but catching Geologic terms might tough for you. Therefore, I am not going to be much technical here. The followings are major types of natural stones quarrying and exporting from India.
1. Marble Stone in India
In early days marbles were a kind of luxury in the construction industry, but today it is easily available and affordable everywhere. Marbles are known for their variants in beautiful textures. Marble is a bit softer than granites but sturdy enough and durable as other commercially used natural rocks. Therefore, marbles are versatile and used in interior as well as exterior applications freely. Let’s main types of marbles available in India having export quality.
Makarana Marble
It is found in the Makarana area of Rajasthan in India. It is a kind of calcitic marble found in white & albeta varieties. The deposit is estimated to be 55 million tons and produce from 400+ quarries in that region. It has 98% calcium carbonate and only 2% of purities, which are giving it grayish or pinkish tints in grains and veins.It is greatly used in the construction of Taj Mahal, Victoria Memorial (Kolkata), and Dukhnivaran Sahib Gurdwara (Ludhiana). It is an excellent choice for flooring/paving indoor & outdoor areas of residential & commercial buildings like five-star hotels, religious places, government offices, and public places of high significance.
Rajnagar Marble
Rajnagar is the largest marble producing area with 2K units. It is a white variety of marbles, and due to the intrusion of quartz, it is alluring in appearance when polished well. Therefore, it is ideal for flooring, wall cladding, and paving in different areas of interior and exterior applications.
Andhi Marble
It is also known as pista or pistachio marble in the market and found nearby Pink City, Jaipur in Rajasthan. Green colored tremolite found against an off-white background gives a unique appearance on the surfaces.
Salumber Marble or Onyx Marble
Thick bands of green and pink hint beautify it further. It found around Salumber area of Rajasthan and resembling original Onyx marble from Pakistan.
AmbaJi White Marble
It competes Makarana marbles in many ways and highly used in the construction of sculptures besides in the construction of monuments and religious places. Commercial use also found in nearby areas of Gujarat.
Abu Black
It is a rare variety of black marble found in the world. It has great demand in temples and sculptures besides used in construction.
Katni Range
It is highly crystalline dolomite marble with beige color and hues. It is excellent for outdoor paving and interior flooring besides other usages.
Indian Green Marble
It found in Keshryaji near Udaipur of Rajasthan. Most exports of marble constitute green marbles in high percentage due to its beauty and other properties as an awesome variety of natural stones for interior and somewhat exterior applications across the globe.
2. Granite Stone in India
One-fourth of the world’s granite deposits found in India and as per 5006 surveys, it was 37,426 million cubic meters. The south peninsula of Indian territories has great mines of high-grade Granite stones. Granite countertops from India are popular in the USA, and its import constitutes nearly 25% of the share. Nearly, 200+ shades are available in Indian granite stones processed for export. India is the fifth-largest producer of granites.
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