Slate
All slates are created from argillaceous (muddy) sediments such as clay, mudstones and deep sea ooze. Over time the very fine grained clays and mineral particles in these mudstones are buried by younger sediments. This dynamic metamorphism over time and with increasing pressure and temperature drives out the remaining free water. Stronger bonding between tighter packed and increasingly aligned particles in addition to the formation of some new minerals leads to the formation of a rock we can now call slate.
Slate is used across commercial and domestic projects, on fireplace hearth’s, flooring and roof tiles, it’s an easy stone to work with and can be competitively priced.
