Granite Headstones Images.

Granite is a popular choice for headstones material. If offers a durable and hard wearing alternative to other stones. It even offers greater durability than marble with the increase in acid rain. Granite can be left with a rough finish or polished to give a smooth shinny effect.

Granite is an igneous rock and is formed from magma and is available in many colours from pink to dark gray or even black, depending on their chemistry and mineralogy.

Below are a few examples of colours:

Marble headstones

Marble is a hard crystalline metamorphic rock and is commonly used for sculpturing headstones and memorials. If can be highly polished to give a gloss finish. Similar to granite if offers a highly durable product, ideally suited for headstones.

Marble is available in various colours usually depending on its origin. Ranging from pure white to black and a spectrum on colour between.

Below are a few examples of colours:

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