Juparana Colombo Granite Slabs & Tiles

Created deep within the earth millions of years ago, granite is an igneous rock, which means that at one time during the development, it was melted like volcanic lava. Unlike lava, how-ever, this melted (or molten) rock never reached the surface. It remained trapped inside the earth, where it slowly cooled and crystallized, resulting in a very uniform, speckled tone that ranges in color from black and gray tones to pinks, browns, reds, greens and whites. Granite is quarried throughout the world in the form of huge blocks, some weighing up to 20 tons. These blocks are cut into slabs that are generally ?" or 1 ?" thick and the faces are polished to a specified finish. These slabs are then carefully crated and shipped to the fabricators who will process them into the final product.