Stone processing
Stone processing during the Paleolithic Age passed through a long evolution from the use of rough unprocessed implements to the invention of various cutting tools. During that period man gradually acquired the manual operations for stone processing in the following technological-chronological sequence:dislodging and breaking off during the Early and Middle Paleolithic (800-35 thousand years BC);
splitting and rough hewing during the Late Paleolithic (35-10 thousand years BC);
cutting, grinding and drilling holes during the Neolithic (10-5 thousand years BC);
As late as the Bronze (4.2 thousand years BC) and Iron Ages (2.1 thousand years BC), when metal tools were invented, man managed to master the skill of processing the hardest rock material, i.e. granite. The Egyptians, whose civilization leads us 7.8 millennia back from modern world, gave the first data about granite processing. During the dynasties, in the course of centuries, hundreds of thousands of people worked on the construction of pyramids and creation of pharaohs' sarcophaguses. The truth is that the Egyptian pyramids were built up of numulite stone but Mycerin's pyramid was faced from base to top with pink syenite tiles.
As far as the technological and technical level of granite processing practiced by the ancient Egyptians is concerned, it should be noted that the Luxor obelisk, 25 m high and approx. 250 t in weight, was made of pink granite. Nowadays this monument decorates the Concord Square in Paris. The pharaohs' people were precise and methodical. An example of that is the granite sarcophagus of Senizert II, whose sides were made with 0.2-mm differences in dimensions. Even today we can admire that marvel of precision.
The processing of granite monuments was carried out by thousands of people for centuries but the time factor played no decisive role since the aim was to make beautiful, precise, monumental and grandiose products.
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Blue Marble
Extensive deposits of deep-blue marbles are reported from Ghatkuri areas in South Singhbhum. These marbles are exposed on the flanks of Karo river. Beautiful slabs and tiles can be manufactured from this material and made available to the interested buyers.
Granite Tile
China has become a serious factor in the world markets in granite tiles especially in greys, pink and other light colours. Its fast increasing presence has sharply accelerated the trend of lower prices.
Blue Marble
Extensive deposits of deep-blue marbles are reported from Ghatkuri areas in South Singhbhum. These marbles are exposed on the flanks of Karo river. Beautiful slabs and tiles can be manufactured from this material and made available to the interested buyers.
Granite Tile
China has become a serious factor in the world markets in granite tiles especially in greys, pink and other light colours. Its fast increasing presence has sharply accelerated the trend of lower prices.