Quartzites are extremely beautiful and highly resistant stones and their striking characteristics have a deep connection with their formation, metamorphism and composition. This type of stone is made up of 75% quartz, a mineral known for its hardness and variability, which can be found from cryst...

Granites are igneous stones, which means that its origin comes from the deep cooling and crystallization of magma, the incandescent liquid found underneath the earth's crust. Some granites can be considered truly geological time keepers, as they were among the first stones to form on Earth, more th...

Millions of years ago, ancient tropical seas were responsible for creating carbonate sedimentary rocks. When these rocks are subjected to high temperature and pressure conditions caused by geological events, their minerals are altered, resulting in marbles through the process of metamorphism. Dolomi...