Granite slabs, Monuments, Machinery Wholesale Granite Slabs Wholesale SLABCO International Marble and Granite is located in Elberton, Georgia, “The Granite Capitol of the World,” and they are a wholesale only distributor of granite slabs for granite countertops. They invite you to visit their facilities to select the stone for you project, but you must have your countertop fabricator to purchase the slabs for you. The staff has a vast knowledge of the stone industry, and takes great pride in assisting each individual customer and spending as much time as necessary to find the perfect stone for your application. They can also show you slabs of granite over the internet at www.slabcomg.com where you can pick the exact slab you want using photos or via webcam teleconferencing.   Wholesale Marble, tavertine, Onyx also available MARBLE Marble has been valued for thousands of years for it’s rich palette of colors.   Marble is however more porous than granite. For this reason, we highly recommend that you NOT put marble in the kitchen.  Marble stones consist of limestone that has undergone heat and pressure. A transformation process takes place when the weight of overlying material, pressure from crystal collisions and heat from the earth's core generate temperatures in excess of 1800ºF. Texture of marble depends on the form, size and uniformity of grains. The element components of marble determine the color of the stone. Generally calcite and dolomite marbles are of pure white color. Variations of whiteness of pure marbles are due to the mixture of foreign substances. Such impurities form streaks and clouds. White Cabrera, Emperador Dark, Alabama White, Crema Valencia.  Click here to see our marble gallery. TRAVERTINE Travertine is generally used for floors, walls, countertops and for outside as cladding and pavement. Travertine is generally filled with grout before it is honed or polished, which produces a uniform surface more like other stones. Unfilled travertine is also quite beautiful, and is often seen as exterior surfaces of buildings. Travertine stones result from hot spring water penetrating up through underground limestone. When the water evaporates, it leaves behind layers of dissolved limestone and other minerals, giving it its banded appearance. Travertine stones are generally light-colored beiges and tans. Colors include Nocce Vein Crosscut,  and Classico Crosscut. Click here for our travertine gallery.  Onyx Onyx was originally used to describe only black and white banded Chalcedony (Quartz), with wide and flat bands of color. Today, however, stone cover under the term of Onyx has expanded to to include many types of semi-translucent to translucent banded varieties of many different stones. This includes other types of Quartz as well as Calcite, Marble and Travertine (often called Onyx Marble) and even some Alabasters. This stone is made of glassy lime carbonate and generally is seen in crystal layers in a variety of colors including green, yellow, gray, honey and white with yellow, brown and green shadows.   Granite Monuments and Markers Wholesale Apex Mize Granite is a wholesaler of granite for Monuments and Memorial Markers and is also located in Elberton, Georgia. They are one of the largest wholesale granite manufacturers of domestic granite and wholesale granite importers in America. They market products to retail businesses including monument companies, cemeteries, and funeral homes.  Apex Mize and other Elberton wholesale granite companies manufacture the highest quality granite monuments and memorials that are available on the market today.   Products include Upright monuments Individual grave markers (flush and beveled) Coping Memorial, Cremation, and Garden Benches War memorials (civic monuments) Mausoleums Grave covers (ledgers) Vases (Turned and Tapered) Granite Signs   Granite Services They also offer granite finishing services such as flat or shape carved sandblasting, black & white and color hand or laser etchings, and customized work such as relief carving and round or square raised lettering. They also provide our customers with scale drawings of carved and lettered monuments and scale or full size drawings for custom etchings. Many new styles of etching memorials and grave markers are available.  By importing granite of different colors from those available in the United States and new coloring and etching technology, monuments are more beautiful than ever.  Below are some examples. www.apexmize.com Granite Saws, Diamond Saws, Granite Polishers Industrial Drives & Electric, Inc. is an independently owned provider of industrial products and services to mining, manufacturing, engineering and OEM companies, and holds the area's most comprehensive range of bearings, power transmissions, conveyors and ancillary equipment. They are a distributor of large industrial grade diamond granite saws and and polishers, and can do turn key installation for any type of granite service company project. www.industrialdriveselectric.com .