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Kitchens, Bathrooms & More:
Stone Types - SLATE & SOAPSTONE

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If you are looking for a rustic finish to your countertop or floor, slate and soapstone are the right materials for you. Slate comes in slabs and is primarily black; there are occasionally green slabs. Slate tiles are available in black, red, purple, mottled and gray. Slate can have a honed or a natural cleft finish.

Soapstone comes in slabs, and can be used only for countertops. It has a bluish-green color and is available with a honed finish only.

Our Stone Center offers a complete state-of-the art fabrication shop where we can make your custom plans a reality. Visit us to see more samples and examples of our work, or just fax us your plans (207-828-3723) and we'll give you a free estimate.


Slate samples - * Click sample to view larger image.

   

Soapstone samples - * Click sample to view larger image.

     

 

Finishing touches
A honed surface is a smooth, unpolished surface. Natural cleft is the remaining surface of a stone that is cleaved or separated along a natural seam.