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About Sandstone

Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed of small grains cemented by siliceous, felspathic, or calcareous cementing material. The durability of rock depends on the cementing material. Sandstone is often formed in layers and has varied applications as building stones.

 

The color of sandstone is variable and depends upon the composition of the binding material, and therefore varies from red, brown, Pink, greenish, yellow, black, gray and white.

 

Rajasthan being the largest producer is an important sandstone producing state of India. This sandstone is being quarried and used from centuries. A number of historical buildings and monuments such as Buddhist Stupas of Sarnath, Red Fort, Sansad Bhawan, Rashtrapati Bhawan, National Museum of Delhi and Chhitar Palace of Jodhpur are made of sandstone. Rajasthan Sandstone because of its regular bedding, uniform grain size, suitable nature and durability, has been used extensively not only in India but is being exported to all over world.

 

 

 

Highly Useful:

Sandstone is highly acclaimed for its natural beauty, which makes it useful for interior as well as exterior decoration. Also it is an excellent building stone. This can be chiseled and dressed to a smooth surface in various attractive shapes. The sandstone has a verity of uses such as roofing, flooring, paving, paneling, beams, pillars, arches, doors and window sills, wall facing, fence posts, mile stones etc. It is also useful for exterior cladding in sea shore buildings due to acid & thermal resistant properties.

 

Due to the straight/curved lines of bedding/current bedding & attractive figures developed due to iron solutions, the cut sandstone after polishing looks very attractive. It has resulted in its use in place of granite/marble.