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Stone Types

Know your rock — igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic stone, from granite and marble to slate and sandstone.

Granite

Granite

Marble

Marble

Limestone

Sandstone

Sandstone

Slate

Basalt

Travertine

Quartzite

Obsidian

Igneous rock

Igneous rock

Sedimentary rock

Sedimentary rock

Metamorphic rock

Metamorphic rock

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