STONE CATALOGUE

OVERVIEW

LIMESTONES GRANITES SANDSTONES

Bethel White Forest Grey ® Forest Yellow ® Warthau Hohenzollernpark ®

Limara White ® Creme Royal ® Creme Sintra ® Creme Estoril
Granite Sandstone Sandstone
Limestone Limestone Granite Granite
Limestone Limestone

Pierre de Bordeaux ® Trosselfels ® Dietfurt Jura Viking Red ® Champagne Brown ® Flosser Valley Warthau Yellow Franconian Red ®
Portland Stone Granite Granite Sandstone
Limestone Limestone Granite Sandstone
Limestone Limestone

Noble Grey Grey Mist Jet Mist Black Duke Grey

Indiana Limestone Alpine Grey ® Kirchheimer Muschelkalk
Limestone Limestone Limestone Sandstone Granite Granite Granite

Celtic Blue ® Royal Blue ® Cape Green

Roman Travertin Granite Granite Granite
Limestone

American Black Nero Assoluto Swedish Black ®

Granite Granite Granite
LIMESTONES
Limara® Limestone WHITE LIMESTONE

aquapower honed C60 blasted

Creme Royal® Limestone WHITE LIMESTONE

aquapower honed C60 blasted

Creme Sintra® Limestone BEIGE LIMESTONE

aquapower honed C120 honed C60

blasted
Creme Estoril® Limestone BEIGE LIMESTONE

aquapower honed C60 blasted

Portland Stone Limestone PALE GREY BEIGE LIMESTONE

honed C60 sandblasted

Pierre de Bordeaux® Limestone BEIGE LIMESTONE

aquapower honed C120 honed C60

blasted
Jura Dietfurt Limestone BEIGE LIMESTONE

aquapower honed C120 honed C60

honed C30 blasted plate-hammered

Trosselfels® Limestone BEIGE LIMESTONE

honed C120 honed C60 honed C30

blasted
Roman Travertine Pantheon® Limestone BEIGE LIMESTONE

honed C120 honed C30

 Indiana LimestoneTM GREY-BROWN LIMESTONE

Honed C60 - Standard Grey Quality Honed C60 - Standard Buff Quality

Sandblasted - Silver Buff Quality Bush hammered - Full Color Blend Quality

Indiana Limestone is a registered trademark of our supplier Polycor Inc.

Kirchheimer Muschelkalk Limestone GREY-BROWN LIMESTONE

honed C60 honed C30 blasted

Alpine Grey® Limestone GREY-BROWN LIMESTONE

aquapower honed C220 honed C60

blasted coarse-brushed fine-brushed

Noble Grey® Limestone GREY SANDSTONE

aquapower honed C120 bush hammered

SANDSTONES
Warthau Light Sandstone LIGHT BEIGE YELLOW SANDSTONE

bush hammered chiselled honed

Hohernzollernpark®Sandstone YELLOW SANDSTONE

honed C120 bush hammered chiselled

Warthau Yellow Sandstone YELLOW SANDSTONE

honed C120 bush hammered

Franconian Red Wuestenzell® Sandstone RED SANDSTONE

aquapower honed C120 bush hammered

sand cut
GRANITES
Bethel White® Granite WHITE-GREY GRANITE

honed aquapower water jet

flamed Polished

Bethel White is a registered trademark of our supplier Polycor Inc

Forest Stone Grey® Granite WHITE-GREY GRANITE

polished aquapower water jet

flamed
Forest Stone Beige® Granite BEIGE GREY GRANITE

aquapower honed C120 water jet

water jet and fine-brushed flamed

Forest Stone Yellow® Granite YELLOW GRANITE

polished aquapower water jet

flamed
Flosser Valley® Granite GREY-YELLOW GRANITE

aquapower honed C120 water jet

flamed handsplit
Wiking Red® Granite RED GRANITE

polished aquapower flamed

water jet
Champagne Brown® Granite BROWN GRANITE

polished aquapower water jet

flamed
Celtic Blue® Granite BLUE GRANITE

polished aquapower water jet

flamed
Bavarian Royal Blue Kösseine ® Granite BLUE GRANITE

polished aquapower water jet

flamed
Cape Green® Granite GREEN GRANITE

polished aquapower honed C60

water jet flamed

Duke Grey Fürstensteiner Granite GREY GRANITE

aquapower honed C120 brushed

flamed water jet

Jet Mist® Granite GREY ANTHRAZITE BLACK GRANITE

flamed Honed C120 Aquapower

Jet Mist is a registered trademark of our supplier Granites of America

Absolute Black Granite BLACK GRANITE

polished aquapower honed C120

flamed
Swedish Black® Granite BLACK GRANITE

aquapower flamed honed C120

handsplit and brushed

Glossary of surface finishes

Aquapower®: Flamed:
Aquapower® is a new kind of surface finish. The stone is processed with high-pressure A flame from the flame-cutting torch installed on the production line briefly heats the
water at up to 2000 bar. This makes the surface rough to the touch at the same as stone surface to such a high temperature that expansion causes stone particles to be
intensifying the colour of the stone. blasted off. The even spalling effect creates a even, rough-split surface in which the
crystalline structure is clearly apparent. The stone must contain quartz in order for this
Bush hammered: surface finish to be applied.
The bush-hammering of the surface by a machine gives the stone a rough look with a
lighter colour shade. Water Jet:
The freshly sawn surface is blasted with a water jet at 300 bar.
Chiseled:
The stone is processed by machine, giving the surface wither a horizontal or vertical Blasted:
profile depending on choice. The surface is created using round plates and rolls on the honing line. The look
corresponds to that of a sand-blasted surface.
Handsplit:
The surface is split by hand using appropriate tools, giving façades a high-quality Sandblasted:
and unique appearance. The surface processing of the façade slabs during the The surface finish is achieved with a sandblaster. As with a blasted surface, the result is
manufacturing process by our stonemasons lends each stone a unique look and feel. a bright and uniform look with aslightly rough feel.
The appearance varies depending on the cast of light and the viewing angle. The land
width can be selected individually. Brushed:
The surface of the stone is made smooth using brushes. This makes the surface softer
Honed C30 / C60 / C120 / C220: to the touch. The degree and colour shade can be varied by using different brushes.
The following applies to honed surfaces: The larger the grain size of the honing tool
used in the honing line, the finer the surface will be. Coarsely honed surfaces create a Sand Cut:
uniform and brighter appearance. Finely honed surfaces reveal more of the colour and The surface generated on steel grit gang saws is left unchanged following sawing.
texture.
It is also possible to combine surface finishes, for example the combination of hand-split
Polished: and Aquapower is often selected, because it combines a rough feel with an intensive
Polishing is the final finishing process applied to the previously honed surface. It colour shade.
produces a totally smooth surface which may shine or have a mirror effect, depending
on the stone.
Our scope of services
From planning through to installation and maintenance:

Preconstruction Engineering Stone Mining Production Installation Façade

Services Services & Assembly Management
• Digital design-detail library • Technical expertise • Geologist
 and stone • Processing in our own plants • Site management • Façade monitoring
• Stone selection/geology • Production & installation mining experts • State of the art production lines • Installation of natural • Rejuvenation
• Sample service planning • Extraction in our own • Sculpting department stonefaçades, insulation • Exchange of old façades
• Façade technology quarries and anchoring without interrupting
• Pre-dimensioning of stone formats • In-plant production monitoring
• Anchoring technology • Quarry operations (IPM) acc. to EN 1469 • Transport & logistics operations
• Budget prices
• Slab and anchor structural • Quality control in own • In-house quality assurance • QA expertise • Maintenance/cleaning
• Support with preparation of tender & third party quarries
invitations engineering system (QA) • Project management • Subsequent explosion
• CAD 3D modelling • Block storage • Prefabrication of unitized protection
• Mock-up façades
• Laboratory tests on stone • Block transport curtain walls in our factories
• Standards expertise • Storage capacities for
large-scale projects

Integrated Turnkey Solution

Consulting for our customers Production

We are at your side as an experienced partner in each project phase. Right from the selection, this Our manufacturing process starts with the unprocessed block. The project data established by
expertise will prove to be just as useful as our stone library with 5,000 samples and large mock-up production planning is used for controlling the latest CAM systems in our three production plants.
façades. All kinds of surface processing methods such as „Aquapower“ or „Hand-split“ lend the natural stone
its character. The individual workpieces are provided ready for installation following the finishing
Selection process. Timely deliveries are assured by our large production capacities and reliable logistics.
With its many colours, structures, textures and surface variants, our natural building material of natu-
ral stone offers architects and clients the most diverse range of fascinating application options. Installation and site management
Trained setters carry out the installation work on-site. Our qualified site managers are responsible
Extraction of unprocessed blocks and quality control for controlling their work and ensuring that specifications and deadlines are complied with.
Extraction of unprocessed blocks in our own quarries as well as contracted quarries, together with
the associated painstaking checking right at the source by our geologists, guarantee the best possible Our QA experts monitor the execution.
quality and reliability for our customers.
Façade management
Technology and planning Our expertise provides you with support throughout the entire lifecycle of your façade.
Our engineering department puts the design concept prepared by architects into practice as
production plans using CAD techniques. They contain all the necessary information as well as a
structural engineering verification for the natural stone and the anchoring.
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