NEWS ARTICLE ARCHIVESGrey Basalt from S & N Brothers for a honed and polished surface finishBasalt is the most abundant igneous rock. Most present day volcanoes erupt basalt material. There are numerous varieties of basalt, and S & N Bros. select quarries and stone within those quarries that are suitable for the dimensional stone industry. Mostly the colour of basalt stone varies from grey to black, but small quantities also can be found in such colours as green, blue, red, purple, brown etc. As an observation, the dark areas visible on Earth's moon, the lunar maria, are plains of flood basaltic lava flows. Basalt compositions are rich in Magnesium Oxide and Calcium Oxide and low in Silicon Dioxide and Sodium Oxide plus Potassium Oxide relative to most common igneous rocks. Most "stone" companies start with an acquisition of a quarry or a processing factory. Ours began with a Vision... A vision that S & N Bros. would be the most integrated natural stone company with a trading and service provision ethos that would simply have no equal. |