What Slate is Made of

When thinking about just what slate is made of, makes you realize just how durable and dependable it can be.  Slate is a dense and fine grained rock that comes in the color range of reds, grays, greens, and browns ranging from light to dark.  It’s produced by clays, shale, and various other rocks being compressed.  From there, characteristic cleavage that consists of quartz and sericite along with chlorite, biotite, and hematite as accessories.
 In more simple terms, this means that slate is generally created by low-grade regional metamorphism of pelithic sediments or fine-grained tuffs.  The metamorphic rocks are also known as layered stone.  It has been known to find fossils within slate that were preserved and are slightly distorted.
 It is most common to find slate along coasts throughout the entire world.  Due to the hard and harsh beginnings in how slate is created makes it very durable against everyday life.  It offers a unique type of beauty, and no piece of slate looks the same as the next.
 Slate is most popular in being chosen to be placed in areas such as hallways, foyers, bathrooms, and even possibly along pool sides due to its naturally slip-resistant surface.  The “split face” surface texture is one of the most popular and also one of the most slip-resistance of all slate textures.
 This split face texture you will find comes in a few other colors such as beige, greens, orange, and purples.  It is known that they can be both decorative and practical installed in the area of your choice.
When it comes to color, you will never find the same color and design in two slate tiles.  The reason this is, is because the amounts of minerals and other compounds that make up each tile is different.  This allows you to become creative when you lay out exactly how you wish the slate tiles to be installed.  Keep in mind that due to the uniqueness of each tile, looking at installing a design that has a monochromatic effect would not be possible.  Before it is time to install, it is recommended to open all the boxes of slate tiles to look and see each tile design, and lay it out how you wish the design to be.
Slate is not only a popular choice, but it is also a practical one that as a bonus is a decorative one as well.  It is the perfect choice when it comes to finding the right natural stone flooring that is slip-resistant and as even and level as possible.  It offers such a variety of colors and designs that allows you to be creative in how to layout your slate tile flooring.  It has such a natural beauty that is unique in its own way and gives you that one of a kind tile floor.
When in doubt contact a professional, contact us today to schedule your appointment to polish your natural stone flooring or if you have any questions.
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