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A Note From Jim: MIA Focuses on 2015

StoneDimensions

Both speak about the drive for producing a quality product, the value of trained employees, the need for strong stone associations, and passion that comes from working with the greatest building product known to man. 2015 Initiatives / Goals. OSHA and Health Canada. This effort fills a large void in training on this subject.

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Meet MIA President, Dan Rea

StoneDimensions

NOTE: In February 2015, Revista Rochas de Qualidade (Quality Rocks Magazine) – a leading stone trade magazine in Brazil – conducted an interview with MIA president Dan Rea. In 2013, the MIA conducted two additional studies to address radon and radiation exposure to quarry and fabricator workers.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Houzz.com you're killing me

Kitchen and Residential Design

Again, judging precise color based on an internet photo is impossible, especially if its in a product photo. Product photos tend to be heavily Photoshopped and actual colors get lost in the mix. A stone labeled Crema Bordeaux today looks nothing like the same stone from the same quarry in Brazil five years ago.

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A Clean Slate: How Rough Slate Can Have a Clean Aesthetic

Architectural Ceramics

European countries that are lesser known but also offer slate quarries are Belgium, Germany, Italy and Wales. Brazil, for example is most known for it’s Brazilian Black slate. For more images or information about our Rustic Cladding Collection, visit our Product Page here. Designer Spaces. Join our newsletter here.

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Experiences of Buying Granite Worktops

Granite4Less

There’s tremendous colour and pattern variation both within a single piece of granite and between granite quarried from different parts of the world. You can find blue granite from Brazil, gold granite from Italy and shimmering black from Norway. You can check out our collection of stones in our product range section online.

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