A Guide to Quarry Tile
Why Tile
JUNE 21, 2024
With many beautiful and durable ceramic tile options to choose from, you may have discovered quarry tile and wondered how it is different from other ceramic tile options. What is Quarry Tile?
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Our Tour of the Colorado Stone Quarries
As The Tile Turns
APRIL 10, 2020
Recently, we had the opportunity to check out a famed quarry in Marble, Colorado. Tours are rare these days, so we feel extremely fortunate to have been granted access by current owner and operator Colorado Stone Quarries, Inc and Artistic Tile.
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Quarry from Astor
Kate-Lo Tile & Stone
OCTOBER 22, 2013
Quarry is a varied and unique series in that it combines the look of aged natural stones – somewhere between travertine, quartzite and stone. tile astor porcelain quarry' It crosses new boundaries and yet is so familiar. Share it now!
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American Olean launches new quarry tile collection
Floor Covering News
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Dallas, Texas—American Olean’s fall launch includes its new QueStep and Paver quarry tile collection. These versatile quarry tiles absorb oil, grease and other liquids to keep floors slip resistant without contaminating the surface. The post American Olean launches new quarry tile collection appeared first on Floor Covering News.
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Metropolitan 6×6 Quarry Tile
Kate-Lo Tile & Stone
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
This American-made quarry tile has been an industry standard for over 100 years. tile ironrock metropolitan quarry tile' Kate-Lo Tile & Stone is pleased to announce the arrival of Metropolitan, a durable, slip-resistant commercial-grade quality tile from Ironrock. Other sizes, finishes and colors are available special order.
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Daltile launches quarry tile collection
Floor Covering News
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Dallas, Texas—Daltile has launched its new Quetread & Paver quarry tile collection. These new quarry tiles are offered in a rich portfolio of four on-trend, neutral colors that are available in either a smooth paver surface or a linear textured tread surface. It will not damage from commercial cleaning services.
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Natural Stone Institute announces Thor Lundh Quarrier Award
Floor Covering News
MARCH 19, 2024
The Thor Lundh Quarrier Award will recognize a NSI member who has made an extraordinary contribution to quarrying natural stone. The jury panel will include representatives from both the North American Quarry Advocacy Group and the Global Advocacy Group. The recipient will be recognized at either the NSI Study Tour or Marmomac.
Locally Sourced Tile and Stone: Colorado’s Hidden Treasures
As The Tile Turns
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
We’ve long been aware of the role this region plays in producing decorative ceramic tile, but we received a strong reminder while visiting Colorado Stone Quarries Logistics in Delta and Colorado Clay in Montrose. Beyond its reputation as an agricultural oasis, the Uncompahgre Valley has a lot to offer the interior design community.
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NBGQA to merge with the Natural Stone Institute
Floor Covering News
JULY 27, 2021
Oberlin, Ohio—The National Building Granite Quarries Association (NBGQA) has voted to merge with the Natural Stone Institute to further advance industry efforts to support quarry advocacy, sustainability, outreach to architects and designers and continued efforts to promote the use of natural stone.
GIO Looks at the Timeless Legacy of Belgian Bluestone
Giotile
MARCH 25, 2024
Belgian Bluestone, also known as “Petit Granit,” is a distinctive and high-quality limestone quarried in Belgium for centuries. The stone is also known by many other names: Pierre Bleu, Belgian Granite, Belgian Bleu, and Coal Limestone, to name just a few.
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Reid Kubesh appointed to NSI board of directors
Floor Covering News
MAY 7, 2024
Kubesh currently serves as the steering committee chair for the North American Quarry Advocacy Group. “I I have had the pleasure of working with them in the past being part of the North American Quarry Advocacy Group and this position will allow the quarrier sector even better representation in the future.
39 Tips for Using Ceramic Tile Outdoors
Why Tile
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Versatility within the “ceramic tile family” (porcelain tile, quarry tile, wall tile, pressed floor tile, and mosaic tile) gives you a wide variety for specifying the appropriate option for your outdoor project. Each of these tile subsets is ceramic tile and thus shares ceramic tile’s general benefits.
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NSI publishes first industry-wide EPDs
Floor Covering News
OCTOBER 28, 2022
These EPDs are cradle-to-grave in scope to define the environmental impacts throughout the entire life cycle, including quarrying, fabrication, installation, care/maintenance and disposal, according to the company. Colorado Stone Quarries. Stony Creek Quarry. Vermont Quarries. Continental Cut Stone. Freshwater Stone.
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Crossville Cross-Tread ® – Best Tile for Restaurant Floors
Garden State Tile Blog
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Quarry Tile is a hard, paving tile made from ground minerals such as shales and clay. Quarry tile has relatively low moisture absorption and qualifies as vitreous (glass-like, tough, dense, and shiny), but is not quite as dense as porcelain tile. They are formed and fired in a similar method as is used to make brick.
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Emser releases new tile product catalog
Floor Covering News
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
It’s truly inspiring to see so many facets of our business align with the launch of this year’s product catalog,” said Mara Villanueva-Heras, vice president of marketing.
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Karndean Designflooring expands high-end Art Select collection
Floor Covering News
JUNE 3, 2024
Sophisticated design The woods and stones that inspire Karndean designs are hand-selected from around the world—such as forests and lumberyards to remote mountain quarries.
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Updated Natural Stone Sustainability Standard now available
Floor Covering News
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
“As the building industry continues to value sustainable products and practices, this standard provides essential opportunities to quarry operators and stone fabricators to assess their internal practices, drive efficiencies and attain preferred status in their markets.”.
5 Cement Wall Patterns You’ll FALL In Love With
Granada Tile
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
They can come in the texture of Vecchio, a type of granite often quarried in Brazil. Explore backsplash patterns and tips here. Castilla Creations. Custom Castilla tiles are so unique that they must be exclusively ordered. This makes them ideal for mosaic patterns on walls, countertops, floors, fountains, and much more.
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Cornerstone by Ergon
Kate-Lo Tile & Stone
JULY 28, 2015
Cornerstone by Ergon draws quarry-hewn inspiration of stones from around the world. Clean surfaces obtained from quarry-hewn stone reveal details of astonishing variety. Cornerstone offers its own unique interpretation of the stones from around the world, based on a fresh vision and new reproduction technologies. Related Images:
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Quarry Tour Takes Industry to Elberton and Tate Georgia - Brings the Marble Institute of America and Elberton Granite Assocation Together
StoneDimensions
MAY 23, 2014
For years, the Marble Institute of America (MIA) has led study tours to quarries around the USA, Canada, and abroad. Environmental Protection Agency to produce two new scientific studies looking into the safety of granite quarry and fabrication workers with respect to radon and radiation exposure. monument production.
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Scottish Heritage in Interiors
Architectural Ceramics
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Part of Edinburgh’s beauty is due to the sandstone buildings, a large portion taken from the local Craigleith Quarry. Edinburgh from Craigleith Quarry’ as painted by John Bell (1793-1861). From building stones quarried from right beneath us to woven (and painted) stories, Scotland holds many design inspirations for today.
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Stone of the Year 2023: Namib bianco marble
Floor Covering News
JANUARY 10, 2023
Namib bianco is an African white marble from the Best Cheer Stone quarry in Karibib, Namibia. Namib bianco marble will be featured on 2023 member certificates, membership code of ethics and association marketing materials throughout the year.
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Crossville introduces Marblique tile collection
Floor Covering News
JUNE 27, 2024
Marblique’s Visual Touch technology meticulously replicates every quarry marking and veining of natural marbles,” said Lindsey Waldrep, vice president – marketing, Crossville. Marblique is made to showcase the allure of natural marble through its Visual Touch technology, bringing rich and textural realism to design.
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Lunada Bay Tile wins Good Design Award for Vesuvio
Floor Covering News
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Each colorway uses white natural stone from the same quarry, but different glass color from Lunada Bay Tile Agate series. Lunada Bay Tile’s glass is handcrafted by artisans who pour, shape and blend molten glass to create sensual colors and finishes in a myriad of shapes.
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Marble Manufacturing
The Tile Doctor
JUNE 30, 2020
We will be taking you briefly through a Travertine Quarry near Rome Italy. One of the most attractive qualities of stone is that it is not manufactured like a tile, it is cut and finished only as nature has already created it.
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Interfaces introduces new carpet tile collection
Floor Covering News
JANUARY 25, 2022
Designed by David Oakey of David Oakey Designs, Granite Mountain is inspired by Oakey’s outdoor excursions during the pandemic to an area that once served as a granite quarry. The collection features eight carpet tiles in various shades of warm gray and earth tones.
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Limestone by Ergon
Kate-Lo Tile & Stone
AUGUST 18, 2015
Inspired by the monolithic and integral beauty of stone slabs in the quarry, Limestone gives a new interpretation of the random movement, authentic splits and, the visual and tactile impressions of worked natural stones. This series is stocked in four colorways including; Beige, Dark, Light and White in 12″x24″ natural finish.
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Polycor receives 2023 Grande Pinnacle Award
Floor Covering News
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
The nature of the quarry deposit, with its perfectly flat beds, made it possible to carry out this razor-thin level of precision. Every piece needed to be cut from the same exact location in successive slabs to ensure that the veins matched perfectly and that the subtle variations of shades remained consistent throughout the lobby.
Twelve Days of Tile | Day Four | Cornerstone
Kate-Lo Tile & Stone
DECEMBER 17, 2015
Clean surfaces obtained from quarry-hewn stone reveal details of astonishing variety. Cornerstone offers its own unique interpretation of the stones from around the world, based on a fresh vision and new reproduction technologies.
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Natural Stone Institute inducts new board members
Floor Covering News
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Darrell Petit, Stony Creek Quarry. Petit has worked in all capacities of the Stony Creek Quarry since 1990. Arcot was the recipient of the Natural Stone Institute’s Natural Stone Scholarship in 2013 and is currently a mentor in the Women in Stone Mentorship Program. North American Quarrier.
Continental Cut Stone earns sustainability certification
Floor Covering News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
The company has achieved Gold status for its quarry, which extracts cordova cream and cordova shell limestone and Silver status for its fabrication facility, which processes limestone from raw blocks of stone into usable building materials.
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Pretiosa from Imola
Kate-Lo Tile & Stone
DECEMBER 11, 2013
Pretiosa is a unique blend of quarried stones, combining unusual veining, natural colorways and lots of movement. Pretiosa is an encompassing mixture of different elements and movements, united by a single background tone.
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Burlington by 41Zero42
Kate-Lo Tile & Stone
DECEMBER 17, 2013
Burlington is a porcelain tile that derives its inspiration from the variation of the same stone from different parts of the quarry. The result is a blend of cross and vein cut limestone with strong shade and movement. Available in three naturally gorgeous colorways , Grey , Ivory & Sand in a 6” x 36” plank.
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Karndean introduces Opus stone looks
Floor Covering News
APRIL 28, 2020
After discovering a unique batch of limestone at an English quarry, both faces of the stone were used to create two individual designs within one product. Casablanca shows off this design in a classic monochromatic palette of grays, while Marrakesh possesses a mix of chalky, terra color tones for a playful look.
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AHF unveils Comfortstone engineered stone
Floor Covering News
AUGUST 17, 2023
The product is designed and printed in Pennsylvania and the stone is quarried and assembled in Illinois. Comfortstone offers high performance, an affordable price point, strong aesthetics and American manufacturing. Tile sizes include 16 × 16 and 12 × 24. Any of the tiles can stand on their own or be combined to create unique looks.
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Back to Basics: Which material is right for my design?
Architectural Ceramics
MAY 29, 2019
Natural stone is harvested from quarries and then cut to various sizes. Should you choose stone, ceramic, glass or something else? Take a look at the tile materials below to see which best fits your needs. Some examples of stone tile include marble, quartz, limestone, slate, and granite.
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Bostik introduced BAM
Floor Covering News
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Formulated with RapidCure Technology, BAM offers maximum performance for installations of large and heavy tile, glass tile, mosaics, quarry, porcelain, ceramic, most natural stone tiles and even gauged porcelain tile/panels. —Bostik has launched BAM, the company’s latest high-performance, fiber-reinforced tile mortar.
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Antolini opens Antolini MilanoDuomo Stoneroom
Floor Covering News
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Visitors then return to the starting point, the beginning of exploration from which to admire the Perception wall and the working desk that culminates in an LED wall, from which to reach the connection element of the staircase made with slabs belonging to a single block, as on the walls, whose descent suggests the experience of entering a quarry.
NSI completes 40th R.I.S.E. home
Floor Covering News
DECEMBER 21, 2021
Army staff sergeant Jason Tabansky and his family in Texas were provided by Triton Stone Group, TexaStone Quarries and Unique Countertops. The R.I.S.E. program builds 100% mortgage-free specially adapted smart homes for severely wounded veterans and first responders. Natural stone and fabrication for U.S.
AI Generative Design _ The Clayborn floor tile from the Bardelli Group
Ceramics of Italy
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
The new product is the result of an unusual partnership between the Bardelli Group and Clayborn whisky, which combines tradition and innovation in the search for raw materials in the Westerwalt quarries, where 35-million-year-old clay water has been used to create a whisky with exceptional organoleptic properties.
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Floor Covering News
APRIL 13, 2023
ProGrout Plus is suitable for dimensional stone, slate, granite, stone agglomerates and most types of ceramic, ceramic mosaic, quarry, brick paver, porcelain, glass and clay tile installations. The color-consistent, efflorescence-free grout is ideal for interior and exterior residential and commercial installations.
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Polycor Acquires New Quarries
Stone Update
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
Holdings in Maine, Oklahoma, Quebec to expand natural-stone company’s line of products.
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