Understanding Stone

Davor Cuk

cuk.davor@gmail.com

Steel Grey is one of the most popular granites from India, it remains in fashion three decades after it was first quarried.

The granite Blue Dunes has been in recent years the most sought after material from India in the international markets. It is one of the new materials coming out of Rajasthan, the northern state of India, well known for a wide range of natural stones but not as much for granites, till recently.

During the last decade if there is one country where the natural stone industry has grown in an impressive manner, that country is Brazil. And if one poses the question in the year 2021: "Which is the best selling material from Brazil?", the answer, almost unanimously, will be:"Taj Mahal".

One can easily say that onyx is a material used mostly for interior decoration, specially when the image of luxury and glamour is to be transmitted.

RARE STONES, Spain

Rubén García,

By Steven Schrenk, POLYCOR

Paulo Flório Giafarov, Director DGG Stones (Brazil) paulo@dggstones.com

For many years now the world of stone has been seeing Vietnamese companies exhibiting in trade shows, and in ever growing numbers. Among the different stones being commercialised in the international markets one stands out- the white marble. This article explores the world of Vietnamese white marble.

Of the hundreds, indeed, thousands, of different varieties of natural stone that are being extracted, processed and commercialised in the world, there  are actually very few materials that have carved out their own brand name and are easily recognisable and whose name is familiar even to those who do not strictly work in the natural stone industry. That material is called Marmol Crema Marfil®.