All about granite

Though granite is the most common thing we find all around us, often many do know all about granite. We know that granite is used in our kitchen, bathrooms, and in many other places, and looks beautiful, strong and durable. But besides this, there are many other things you may like to know about granite. Get in touch with Granite au Sommet for the best quality of granite for your use.

Granite is very strong because of its natural and volcanic properties. Because of its weight and strong nature, granite is used in monuments across many civilizations in the world. Granite is collected from stone quarries after several blasts. After blasts, the raw granites are brought to stone cutting factories and cut into thinner slabs. The slabs are then polished and cut into pieces for use in homes. Get your granite pieces from Granite au Sommet to use them in your kitchen and bathrooms.

The granite word is derived from the Latin and when we speak “granite” we commonly understand a stone. But the usual stone is made out of three a different natural mineral called feldspar, quartz, and mica. These three types of natural minerals have their different own colours and are found in different geographical regions. Granite comes in different colour from different geographic locations and they are mostly black, white and brown. There are rare granites with majestic blue colour. Purchase the best granite with your preferred colour from Granite au Sommet.

The granites commonly used in the houses are black granites. There are granites with pure black shade or grey and white flecks. Brown looking granites are natural but actually, they are not brown. They are the mixed flecks of white, black and grey natural stones. If you search carefully, you will find pure white granites tiles which look alike white marbles. People prefer pure white granites in comparison to white marbles because the white granites to not easily scratch or stain. Find your best pure white granite tiles from Granite au Sommet instead of white marble to use in your homes.

Granite is easy to maintain and very durable. You can directly place hot pans on the granite surface because it does not absorb heat. Similar, you can directly cut anything on the granite surface because it does not scratch or stain. However, this is not recommended unless until you want to carry out a test. Granite is easy to clean, all you need to do it is, wash the granite surface by a soft piece of cloth and water or dish soap. Contact Granite au Sommet for the best pieces of granite tiles for the beauty of your home surface.