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What is the difference between granite, marble and quartzite?What's the use of each?

What is the difference between granite, marble and quartzite?What's the use of each?

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Refers to the original marble produced in Yunnan Province, Dali white with black pattern of limestone profile can form a natural landscape painting, ancient times often select has a molded marble used for making screen or mosaic, the name later evolved into a marble called all have various color patterns, used for building decoration the material of limestone, commonly known as the white marble white marble, but on the translation of Western made of white marble statue called marble. Marble is mainly used for processing into various shapes, materials, building walls, floor, table, column, are often used in monuments such as the monument, statue, tower materials such as marble also. Can be carved into arts and crafts, stationery, lamps andutensils.
Granite is composed of a volcano lava in the molten state is under considerable pressure to the surface crust uplift, magma tectonic rock burst to the surface, and slowly cooling solidification in the ground form, is a kind of deep into acidic igneous rocks, which belongs to the magmatite. Granite weathering, beautiful color, appearance and color can be maintained for more than a century, due to its high hardness and abrasion resistance, except for senior architectural engineering, the ground outside the hall, or open first choice for carving wood.
Quartz stone is a kind of short board which is produced by the stone plate manufacturers at present. Because of the main content of quartz is more than 93%, it is called quartz stone

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