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A yellow sandstone which is flexible when cut into thin strips
From the name of a mountain range where it was found; Itacolumi mountain in Brazil
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Beige, Black, Brown, Cream, Dark Brown, Green, Grey, Light Green, Light to Dark Grey, Pink, Red, White, Yellow
Decorative Aggregates, Floor Tiles, Homes, Interior Decoration, Kitchens
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone, Garden Decoration, Office Buildings
Cement Manufacture, Construction Aggregate, for Road Aggregate, Production of Glass and Ceramics, Raw material for the manufacture of mortar
Artifacts, Monuments, Sculpture
An Oil and Gas Reservoir, In aquifers, Petroleum reservoirs, Soil Conditioner, Source of Magnesia (MgO), Tombstones
Available in Lots of Colors and Patterns, Generally rough to touch, Very fine grained rock
Itacolumite is a sedimentary rock which forms from cemented sand-sized clasts and is a type of sandstone.
Calcite, Clay, Clay Minerals, Feldspar, Micas, Quartz
Aluminium Oxide, CaO, Iron(III) Oxide, Potassium Oxide, MgO, Sodium Oxide, Silicon Dioxide
Biological Weathering, Chemical Weathering
Chemical Erosion, Coastal Erosion, Wind Erosion
Heat Resistant, Impact Resistant, Pressure Resistant
China, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Uzbekistan
Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa
Austria, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
New South Wales, New Zealand
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism
From Old French esclate, from esclat (French éclat)
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Black, Brown, Buff, Green, Light to Dark Grey, Purple, Red, Shades of Blue
Bathrooms, Decorative Aggregates, Entryways, Floor Tiles, Flooring, Homes, Hotels, Interior Decoration, Kitchens, Stair Treads
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone, Garden Decoration, Paving Stone
Artifacts, Monuments, Sculpture, Small Figurines
Blackboards, Commemorative Tablets, Laboratory bench tops, Standard material for the bed of Billiard table, Standard material for the beds of Pool and Snooker table, Tombstones, Used in aquariums, Writing Slates
Phyllite, Schist, and Slate
Easily splits into thin plates, Surfaces are often shiny, Very fine grained rock
Slate is a low grade metamorphic rock that is generally formed by metamorphosis of mudstone or shale, under relatively low pressure and temperature conditions.
Apatite, Biotite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Graphite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Tourmaline, Zircon
Aluminium Oxide, CaO, Iron(III) Oxide, Potassium Oxide, MgO, Sodium Oxide, Silicon Dioxide, Titanium Dioxide
Burial Metamorphism, Cataclastic Metamorphism, Regional Metamorphism
Biological Weathering, Chemical Weathering, Mechanical Weathering
Coastal Erosion, Glacier Erosion, Water Erosion, Wind Erosion
Heat Resistant, Impact Resistant, Pressure Resistant, Wear Resistant
Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom