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Natural Stone Guide

Material properties, selection and specification fundamentals for buyers and specifiers.

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Natural stone mosaic panels on mesh backing showing random, strip and hexagon patterns
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What Is Natural Stone Mosaic?

Natural stone mosaic is small pieces of quarried stone assembled onto a backing so they can be installed as panels rather than piece by piece. What separates a good mosaic from a poor one happens in the factory, not on site.

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Range of Indonesian natural stone samples including green, black, grey, cream and buff varieties
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Indonesian Natural Stone: Complete Buyer Guide

Indonesia supplies a specific and coherent set of stones — volcanic greens, greys and blacks, plus soft carvable sedimentaries. Knowing which does what, and where each one fails, is most of the buying decision.

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Side by side comparison of grey andesite and dark basalt paving samples
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Andesite vs Basalt for Outdoor Projects

Both are Indonesian volcanic stone, both perform outdoors, and the choice between them is usually made for the wrong reason. Here is the technical and practical comparison.

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Comparison of honed, flamed, bush hammered, sandblasted and split face stone finishes
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Natural Stone Finishes Explained

The same stone in two finishes can look like two different materials and perform completely differently underfoot. Here is what each finish does, and when to specify it.

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