Limestone
Limestones vary considerably in color and consistency. They hold chiseled and tooled finishes very well, allowing exquisite visual effects in texture and pattern.
Dense and dramatic, our Ink Jade Limestone is ideal for carving and luxurious as a honed surface.
Redheart Limestone illustrates a magnificently rich array of colors and fossil textures and is proving to be a versatile transitional material between interiors and exteriors.
Our Rusty Manchu Caviar is a wonderful candidate for paving, veneer and countertops.
Grey Yangzi River Limestone, which can be honed to a fine, high-grade patina, is used in public parks throughout China.
Limestone is a sedimentary rock principally composed of calcium carbonate formed by a chemical transformation in relation to various organisms such as coral, algae, and bivalves. This is why fossils are often present in this material.
The compaction of deposit and the cementing materials determine the hardness, density and porosity of a specific limestone. Limestone is generally lighter in color, beige to beige-grey, occasionally highlighted by red, red-orange, or green, depending on the deposit of iron compounds. Chinese limestone, most representative of our product, typically ranges toward the darker earth tones.
Limestone is subdivided into three groups: oolitic, calcitic, and dolomitic. These categories are based partly on the manner in which they were formed and, more importantly by their chemical composition.
