Natural limestone is formed at sea beds by accumulation of bones, shells and other calcium rich substances. A lot of chemical reactions caused by the pressure of the sea turn the substances into solid stone. This has been termed limestone. Black limestone or white limestone, they are all formed by the variations in the chemical reactions that occur on the sea bed.

Calcium carbonate is the major constituent of this stone and any specimen which contains more than 95%. Limestone is put to various uses depending on its utility based on its constituents. For example the natural limestone that has a polish is used for decorative building purposes. Another kind of limestone is dolomite limestone which there is a bit more of magnesium content. The town of Kota in Rajasthan state of India is a prominent place for manufacturing of limestone. The most popular varieties are found in shades of blue and brown apart which can be honed or polished.

Limestone Tiles

Tiles made out of limestone can be calibrated, polished, beveled and grooved, honed, aged, tumbled, Modulmarmo or brushed and chiseled edge. The tiles have different look and customers can choose from among these depending as per their taste. Some people have a taste for white limestone while others for black limestone. Even these have their variations and the manufacturers come up with fitting names as their embellishment. Absolute Black, Black Pearl, APP Black, etc are some of the names that limestone suppliers give to denote a particular shade of the stone. The same is true for while limestone. Kashmir White is one such name of a particular shade of this stone.

Limestone has great property of resistance to freezing as well as thawing atmospheric conditions. Limestone tiles and slabs are put to different uses depending on their qualities. These uses are flooring, vanity tops, cladding, floor paving of big commercial complexes, airports, hospitals, shopping malls, parks, railway stations, etc.

Limestone manufacturers need to set up a well equipped manufacturing unit in order to follow the norms of the different countries to which they export their product. Mechanization of a lot of activities improves the productivity of limestone manufacturing a lot. Only proper mechanization infrastructure backed by personnel with the required skill set help a company to capture the national and international market share. There are a quite a few processes which go into converting natural limestone to finished product of limestone tiles or otherwise.