Stone Sampler

Stone Sampler is a concise, protable reference for architects interior designers, and builders, offering swatches of 576 varieties of natual sotne, including marble, travertine, onyx, granite, quartzite and limestone, available for use in construction and decoration. 

It summarizes their basic technical properties - quarrying locations, abailability, compressive and tensile strength, resistance to wear and weather, and other specifications - for design and architecture professinals.  General information, including geoligical and commercial classifications, properties and characteristics, and the various sourcing and processing techniques of stone, is also supplied.