January 2016 - Regatta Universal Exports

Peep Into The World Of Stones

Stones seem to be lifeless but give life to any home, commercial building, offices, etc. Stones have been successful in enhancing the beauty of the timeless monuments, buildings, parks, residential and commercial buildings from ages. India has been popular for its diversity for all these years and continues the same legacy of diversity in case of stones. Yes, India is ranked amongst the largest producers, manufacturers, and exporters. Regatta Universal Exports is a leading natural stone supplier, exporter, and manufacturer.

A scenario of stone variety from the natural stone supplier

Regatta Universal Exports offers a wide variety of stones, such as limestone, sandstone, granite, marble, slate, and quartzite. These six stones are available in different variety of shades and styles. Every stone has its own charm and manufactured for various usage. The stones which are manufactured in Regatta Universal Exports are further utilized in kitchens, bathrooms, gardens, construction, decoration pieces like, planters, vases, birdbaths, troughs, floral benches, and urns. All this production, manufacturing and exporting activities are carried out from two manufacturing units, one is in Madurai in Tamil Nadu state and the other one is in Bundi in Rajasthan state. The natural stones are stocked in huge number in various series of finishes, like, polished, leather finish, sandblasted, honed, brushed, flamed, etc. The complete manufacturing procedure is conducted under the supervision of experts.

Natural stone product sizes: Tiles; cutter slabs 180 x 60 cm up in 2 & 3 cm; gangsaw slabs 260 x 160 cm up in 2 & 3 cm; countertops, and vanity tops
Natural stone finishes: Polished, honed, sandblasted, antiqued, bush hammered + brushed, leather finish, tumbled, and lepatora
Natural stone edge finish: Machine cut edges

The organization believes in providing the best variety of stones of high quality and durability to its customers in the industry. The packaging and delivery is done according to the requirement and without making any loss to its customers.

Marvelous Sandstones

There would have been no houses, no commercial buildings, parks roads, or pavements if there were no stones. How hollow it would have been, have you ever imagined? Hence, we are fortunate enough that we are blessed with all the natural things around us and sand stone is one of the essential ones. This precious stone is used at a number of places for various decors. Your very own Regatta Universal Exports offers you this beautiful looking sandstone varieties and in different colors.

What is Sandstone?

Sandstone is a kind of rock that features high density sand or quartz grains that have been bonded together by a number of substances, including silica, iron, lime, etc. Its density, permeability, kind of cementing substance, and compactness determine its strength, usage, and grain size. Sandstone’s colour varies depending on the type of cement used, with ferruginous sandstone being red to brown and argillaceous being earthy to buff and typically white. The ferruginous sandstone typically undergoes oxidation and changes colour from radish to brown buff, yellow, and greenish.

Sandstone applications

This marvelous stone has been used for various purposes. From sharpening of devices to grinding wheels, grain mills to building cladding, fireplaces, monuments, countertops, tool making molds, production of tiles to bricks, blocks, and pavers, and glass production. The countertops and the tiles used at various places at the time construction. With the elegant look it is also one of the natural stones that is known for its durability. The stones elegance and charm actually enhance the beauty of any interior and exterior decors. The rough textured sandstone varieties are utilized for the exterior elevations of the house gives an authentic look just as the building of the middle period.

Sandstone has been utilised for a variety of purposes for ages, not only in India but all around the world. Sandstone is used extensively in Indian architecture and may be observed in a variety of monuments, temples, and structures. The Red Fort in Delhi and Agra, the palaces and structures in Fatehpur Sikri, Bikaner, Deeg, Jodhpur, Kota, and Jaiselmer, the Buddhist temple in Rameshwaram in the south, the Supreme Court building, the Parliament House, the Presidential Mansion, and the Swaminarayan Temple in Delhi, the Mehrangarh Fort and Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, and the Rajasthan Assembly House in Jaipur.

Colorful Sandstone options available in India

Without any doubt, sandstone is a superb construction material that you can use indoor and outdoor to give a superb look to everything around. There are lots of colors that are widely popular and preferred by homeowners to make a big difference to their residential projects. As far as colors of the stone are concerned, following are some of the colors that you can easily avail in India. These include:

Agra red, Asian gold, autumn brown, camel dust, desert mint, Dholpur beige, ebony, flowery gold, fossil mint, golden teakwood, ITA gold, J. pink, J. red, Jaisalmer yellow, K. black, Kandla grey, Kota desert, l. grey, l. yellow, panther, rainbow, raj green, raveena, ripon, sagar black, toksana, two tone, white mint, yellow mint, yellow teakwood, Mandana and modak sandstone.

The splendid variations of the sand stone are available at Regatta Universal Exports; you’ll find this stone in various finishes like honed or polished, sawn, brushed, tumbled and flamed. All these finished versions of sandstones are used for walling, flooring and monumental figures.

Some popular Indian sandstone options are:

Sagar Black Sandstone

It is a beautiful black-colored sandstone that comes from the sandstone quarries located in the Sagar region in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Sagar Black Sandstone is also known by other names like Kalahari Black, Saugor Black, and Black Sandstone. This Indian Sandstone has several other qualities like weather-resistance, low water absorption, saline water-resistance, and excellent mechanical strength.

Fossil Mint

Fossil Mint Sandstone is known for its fossil-like patterns that highlight its beauty. It is a sandy buff sandstone that is supported by other hues such as rustic brown, sparkling orange, and pink that are due to high mineral variations. This sandstone is a terrific option for patio paving, flooring, and roofing and is ideal for both external and interior uses. This sandstone is also used to construct fence posts, milestones, window sills, wall facings, arches, and pillars.

Kota Desert

Kota Desert sandstone, sometimes referred to as Kota Sandstone, is dark to light brown in hue with swirls that run across its surface in a golden brown colour. It is appropriate for both indoor and outdoor uses because to qualities including hardness, durability, and capacity to tolerate harsh weather conditions. This sandstone may be used to provide a classic touch to any external or interior area and is ideal for paving, flooring, and wall cladding.

Dholpur Beige

Dholpur Beige is a lovely buff-white sandstone product with uniform grain size. Its surface has purple colour veins that improve its appearance but are only seen when the stone is wet. It is suitable for both indoor and outdoor uses because to its resilience to acids, alkalis, and harsh weather conditions. Because it is easily dressed and chiselled, this hard sandstone is regarded as appropriate for roofing, wall cladding, flooring, panelling, and paving.

Toskana Sandstone

A relatively new sandstone that is becoming extremely popular these days is Toksana Sandstone. The stunning Toskana Sandstone is a multi-colored sandstone product with surface imprints of camel dust, grey, and brown tones. The stone has certain distinctive qualities, including as hardness, durability, and resistance to extreme weather. This makes it perfect for paving, flooring, pool surrounds, and wall cladding in both indoor and outdoor applications.

Facts About Marbles

It’s been more than a decade for Regatta Universal Exports in carrying out the legacy of producing and exporting natural stones across the globe. After seeing and observing every natural stone from so close, the organization takes an initiative of discussing some facts about marbles. Everyone is aware that marble is a metamorphic rock, but do they know why it is called so? It is because it can easily change its composition with the passage of time from one rock to the other. With this content, all readers will be able to know about marble products available in India with reference to their features, cleaning process, etc.

Indian marble: Inherent features and utility

As far as Indian marble stone products are concerned, global marble buyers get attracted to Indian slabs, tiles, blocks, statutes, countertops, and other items. The same happens because marble products from India are durable, performing, long-lasting, affordable, and superb in term of beauty and perfection. Indian marble stones are available in many colors and textures in fine quality with the hardness which ranges from 2 to 5 on the Mohs scale of hardness for rocks. Composed of calcite, aragonite, and dolomite crystals, marble is used for various ways. It can be used for making statues, countertops, tiles, flooring, slabs and a lot more.

White and black marble from India is highly demanded in the market. The best example of Indian marble is one of the world’s seven wonders, Taj Mahal of India. Appreciated for its features, the marble surface is the USP of this stone that comes with veins, lines, spots, or pure. This stone is easy to clean as the cleaning of this stone needs some safety. It is said that one should not use harmful products like generic and bathroom cleaners, ammonia, lemon or vinegar. The best ingredient utilized for cleaning the marble floor is dish soap; it helps in maintaining the quality and shine of the marble stone.

As marble stone needs a lot of care and maintenance, a thorough cleaning is required to get rid of all sorts of stains of coffee, leaves and bird droppings. If not in favor of using dish soap then you can buy stone cleaner, specially manufactured for stones. It will help the cleaner to keep up the quality of the Indian marble stone for many more years to come.

Regatta Universal Exports, a certified marble company, offers high-quality Indian marble products that are known for their sturdy design, flawless finish, high durability, great strength, and smooth finish.