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Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. Sandstone comes in many colors but the most common are brown, gray, tan, yellow, red, and white. Sandstone is weather resistant that makes sandstone a common building and paving material. With a vivid beauty and varied shades in colour makes sandstone preferable and budgeted choice for flooring, wall cladding, stairs, garden feature, artifacts, etc.
Sandstone in India has violent tones and natural shades which make it a wonderful choice for both interior and exterior finishes. By adding different finishes to sandstone it can be made classy and elegant on both interior and exterior applications. Sandstone paving, Sandstone columns, Sandstone cladding, Brick, Boulders, Countertops, Garden table and benches, Gate pillars, Garden lights, Gazebo, Animal statues, Mantels, Mosaic tiles, Paver lowes, Stair treads, Cobbles, Pebbles, Chipping, Coffee Table, Bird baths, Sandstone patio packs, etc are general products made out of sandstone.
Sandstone is available in standard sizes, dimension and cut to sizes tiles, slabs, blocks, cobbles, bricks, palisades, kerbs, pebbles and gravels. Options for both side edges are cut in natural, sawn or machine cut. Polished and honed surface finish on sandstone tiles are always in demand. Chiseled, bush hammered, sandblasted and leather finishes are also used in both interior and exterior stone applications. Most demanded dimension and size of Sandstone slabs vary between 90 to 250 cm in length and 60 to 120 cm in width and for Sandstone tile it is usually 30 to 90 cm in length and 30 to 60 cm in width. For sandstone steps different edge profile like bullnose, pencil edge, chamfer, straight cut polish edge, ogee, etc. are possible to be made.
Some major colours of sandstone and its products are Autumn brown sandstone cubes, Pink landscaping stone, Pink stone pavers, Beige sandstone slabs, Camel dust sandstone, Dholpur stone in Dholpur pink stone and Dholpur beige colours, Fossil stone countertop, Mint sandstone tiles or Gwalior mint stone, Jaisalmer yellow tiles, Jodhpur sandstone, Kandla grey sandstone, Lalitpur grey, Lalitpur yellow, Jodhpur pink, Jodhpur red, Jodhpur yellow, Red sandstone tiles, Mandana red stone, Mint white, Yellow mint, Modak sandstone, Panther stone, Indian rainbow sandstone slabs pavers and tiles, Raj green sandstone, Ravina sanstone, Speckle stone, Teak sandstone pavers and colour mix sandstone.
Physically, they are very Hard, Compact, Fine grained, equi-granular homogeneous rocks of sedimentary nature (Sandstone) & metamorphic nature (Quartzite).
Color | Minor color tonal variations exist but within the tolerance limit. |
Hardness | 6.5 to 7 on Moh's Scale |
Density | 2.3 to 2.4 Kg/cm3 |
Compressive Strength | 90 to 140 N/mm2 |
Modulus of Rupture | 16-40 N/mm2 |
Water Absorption | 1.0 - 1.2 % |
Porosity | Low to very low |
Weather Impact | Resistant |
Chemically, they are very resistant Mono-Mineralic rocks, principally composed of silica. The other minor constituents vary from origin to origin
SiO2 | 95-97% |
Iron (Fe2O3) | 0.5%-1.5% |
Alumina (Al2O3) | 1 to 1.5% |
Soda (Na2O) & Potash (Kro) | Less then 1% |
Lime (CaO) | Less then 0.5% |
Magnesia (MgO) | Less then 0.5% |
Loss On Ignition (LOI) | Less then 0.5% |