Finishes

The stone is available in a range of eight smooth and textured finishes:

· waterjet: a non-slip matt finish, produced by working the surface of the stone with high-pressure water jets.

· honed: a smooth finish with a slight sheen, produced by using a polishing head.

· sanded: sawn stone slabs are coarsely polished: this removes saw marks and leaves a semi-smooth, regular finish.

· cleft: with this traditional treatment the stone is riven along its line of cleavage to reveal the natural grain; this gives an undulating surface with great character.

· gritblasted: a high-pressure airline projects coarse-grained grit onto the top surface of the stone producing a finish similar to cleft, but available on slabs of greater size.

· flamed: the top surface of the slab is burnt off, giving an irregular textured finish.

· textured: the top surfaces of sawn slabs are pneumatically tooled to produce a pitted or grooved surface.