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2. Tile - Wikipedia

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   Stone tiles with a riven surface such as slate or with a sawn and then sandblasted or honed surface will be more slip-resistant. Ceramic tiles for use in wet areas can be made more slip-resistant by using very small tiles so that the grout lines acts as grooves, by imprinting a contour pattern onto the face of the tile, or by adding a non-slip ...

3. Stones of India - Wikipedia

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   India possesses a wide spectrum of dimensional stones including granite, marble, sandstone, limestone, slate, and quartzite, found across various parts of the country. The stone industry in India has evolved to focus on the production and manufacturing of blocks, flooring slabs, structural slabs, monuments, tombstones , sculptures , cobbles ...

4. Slate - Wikipedia

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   A slate roof in Cardiff, Wales A slate-faced church and homes in Wurzbach, Germany A fine slate tile work, Saint Leonhard's Church in Frankfurt am Main, Germany Slates with holes at a farm in Tremedda, Cornwall, England. Slate can be made into roofing slate, a type of roof tile which are installed by a slater. Slate has two lines of ...

5. Slate industry - Wikipedia

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   The slate industry is the industry related to the extraction and processing of slate. Slate is either quarried from a slate quarry or reached by tunneling in a slate mine. Common uses for slate include as a roofing material, a flooring material, gravestones and memorial tablets, and electrical insulation.

6. Buckingham Slate - Wikipedia

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   This natural stone has a distinct gray/blue/black color and glistens due to its mica content. One of the highest quality slates in the world, this unfading slate has long been used for architectural applications such as flooring, paving, wall cladding, stairs, counter tops, fireplace surrounds, gravestones and roofing.

7. Roofing slates - Wikipedia

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   Roofing slates are roofing tiles made out of slate. The rock is split into thin sheets which are cut to the requires size before shipment. This contrasts to slabs which are milled to produce larger structural components. [1] They are the primary product of the slate industry.