FROM QUARRY TO COUNTER
Brazil. That’s where most of our stone is from.
Something geologically amazing happened there, under countless hills and mountains,
to create an abundant grouping of minerals.
We also import from Australia (Golden Sage and Verde Fuoco), India (Black Pearl, Ghibli and Smokey Mountain) and Italy, the land of marble.
Stone Stories
Donatella Quartzite
Costello Marble
Carpe Diem Quartzite
Quarry Work
We chose these images for two reasons:
There’s something viscerally cool about an oversized task, like the famous pictures of men balanced on a steel girder, building skyscrapers.
Second, they drive home the idea that natural stone is natural. It has fissures. It has birthmarks. The same-named stone will vary depending on where it’s cut in the quarry.
There is simply no perfect piece of stone, just one crafted in a way to bring out it’s best.
Bordeaux Cabernet Granite
Credit: Magnitos
Golden Sage Granite
The Factory
Excavating huge chunks of rock is only part of the job.
A stone factory comes next, where Sprinter van-size pieces are sliced, divots and natural fissures are smoothed and slabs are polished to a high shine. (The factory may put a honed or leathered finish on slabs but it comes after the step of polishing.)
All the pictures below are worthy of a look. However, the last one gets a prize for mechanical glee.
The Showroom
A quick side trip to show the ingenuity of stone cutters. From the palm planters, made with Ocean Fantasy granite, to the bathtub being carved out with a diamond-tipped auger.
The Team
Granite Imports is built on long-term relationships.
From the high quality bar set by our founder, Austin Randall, to the eye of our Brazil rep, Christine Kammers, to the staff who has been here for a decade plus.
2024 will be our best year yet. The ownership torch has been passed to employee Tim Ward who, having helped thousands of customers with their projects, brings his own commitment to integrity, service and follow through.
Thank you for sharing this love of stone with us. Contact us any time we can help with your next project.
