Purchasing Guidelines for Marble and Granite Stone

10. Make sure that the loading is done in your presence as the labor at the shop may also load inferior or rejected pieces instead of superior pieces of the same size in the vehicle. 
11. Get the pieces of stone laid vertically; not horizontally in the vehicle.  If loading is done in horizontally , the stone slab may break during transport.

Precautions While Purchasing Granite Stone
Granite is a stone that is gaining popularity because of its hardness, ability to take good polish and wide variety of colors available in it. The following precautions should be taken while purchasing granite stone.

1) Check patches on surface of discoloration, hairlines, cracks, deep pin holes on the surface. These signify a weak slab and will cause problem.
2) Check artificial coloring as it is a huge problem with stones now a days especially the black granite. Stone merchants rub industrial oil on the surface to intensify the color and creates a deep black and rich polish that wears off in matter of weeks.
3)  Verify artificial color by rubbing with cloth dipped in kerosene oil or white petrol. If cloth brings black color then it is a fake color.
4)  Also check the back of the slab for circular mark. These are made by kerosene cutter which is used to cut the block of granite slab. This shows that the cutting process is wrong. The granite slab should be water cut having no circular mark on the back of the slab.

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