We import slate in tile for all your needs.  We are continuously getting in new colors, please call if you don't see the color you are looking for.  Slate specifications can be found at the bottom of this page.

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California Gold	Multi-Classic	China Multi	Copper
Jade Green	Montaulk Black	Ostrich Grey	Red
Golden Flower	Madras Blue	Black Premium	Summer Buff
	Earth Slate	Vibrant Kashmir
Golden White	Autumn Slate	Rustic Gold	Multi-Classic
Sunset Rosa	Golden White	Earth Slate	California Gold

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Slate
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Slate is a fine-grained, homogeneous, metamorphic rock which was derived from an original sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering.

Slate is mainly composed of quartz and muscovite or illite, often along with biotite, chlorite, hematite, and pyrite along with, less frequently, apatite, graphite, kaolin, magnetite, tourmaline, or zircon.

Slate can be made into roofing slates (sometimes called 'roofing shingles' in the United States), because it has two lines of breakability: cleavage and grain. This makes it possible to split slate into thin sheets. Fine slate can also be used as a whetstone to hone knives.

Some of the finest slates in the world come from Delabole in Cornwall and Wales in the United Kingdom, Portugal, the east coast of Newfoundland, and the "Slate Valley" of Vermont and New York.

Slate is also found in the Arctic and was used by the Inuit to make the blade for ulu's.