Travertine limestone(tophus) and travertine sedimentary rocks are one of the best samples of façade stone.
Travertine is one of decorative stones that used in flooring before, but today the use of travertine as a façade stone is one of the best choice.
Travertine obtained from the sediments of hot springs.it has calcareous structure and porous texture. Travertine can be find in
variety of colors such as: red, yellow, silver, brown, white, cream and beige.
To know about travertine, you can read the article about travertine.
Travertine façade stones:
A lot of stones can be used in building façade or construction, but travertine stone which has decorative aspect in addition it able to attract the attention of people by modern cutting and processing machines.
Previously, travertine stone was not popular in the stone market due to its porous nature. But when cutting and processing machines are developing, it become possible to produce beautiful and valuable stone and it has lower price than other stones.
Now travertine façade stone is the best façade stone because these problems have been solved.
Types of travertine façade stones in terms of color:
At the beginning of article, we explained to you this stone is quarried from mines in many colors.
In this section we will introduce you, the group of each color:
Red color: the highest quality and the best red travertine stone is in the east Azerbaijan province and it is quarried from Ghazal Dagh mountain.
Red travertine as both vein cut and cross cut is one of our permanent’s products. Most countries in the world are interested in this unique stone due to its beautiful color. Vein cut red travertine normally has straight white and parallel red veins which are lighter or darker than stone background color. But in some cases, these veins are irregular and would be seen as crazy waves on the surface of stone. there are different quarries of red travertine in Iran but the most famous one named “Soraya” is located in Azarshahr. Cross cut red travertine has a plain and uniform texture and its color varies between light and dark.
One of the special and unique features of this stone is the color stability; which you use this stone for exterior façade; so, the color and quality of the stone don’t change by wind, storm, rain and snow.
Lemon color: travertine stone with lemon or light-yellow color that the best stone is quarried from Azarshahr mines. this stone is one of the most beautiful building façade stone. The wavey form and non-wave form of this stone with suitable and custom dimension is offered in ZANDES trading.
Silver color: silver travertine façade stone is one of the most beautiful façade stone, the wavey form of this stone with book match dimensions are very dazzling and stylish.
White color: white travertine façade stone includes stones with the white spectrum and also cream stones. White travertine stones, are at higher level in terms of quality and this stone don’t have any impurities, such as:
Darreh Bokhar white stone travertine
Atashkooh white stone travertine
Abbas Abad white stone travertine
Azarshahr white stone travertine
Abyar white stone travertine
Haji Abad white stone travertine
The white stone of Azarshahr in East Azerbaijan and the Haji Abad and Abbas Abad and Atashkooh stones are in Mahalat.
Brown color: brown travertine stones are known as chocolate stones. Brown travertine façade stone available in dark and light ranges.
This stone quarry from mines such as: Azarshahr, Dehshir, Yazd, Kashan, Isfahan mines.
All of these brown stone travertine façade stones mentioned above have sorting and have two types wavy and non-wavy. And the price of each stone is different in different region, but the quality of all stone is almost same and the only difference is the type and amount of porosity that this problem was solved by resin.
Which stone is more suitable for the façade?
In nature, there are many natural stones that are suitable for façade, but travertine stones are much more suitable and ideal in terms of price, color, dimensions.in addition, travertine stones are suitable for any weather conditions.
Thickness of Façade stone:
Facades in building includes exterior, interior, stairs, walls, floors, etc. that each facade have a certain thickness according to its position and type of stone that is chosen for it.in general, the thickness of stone in the façade is 1.3cm to 4cm.
Price of travertine façade stone:
What determine the price of stone is primarily the quality of the stone and then market demanded that cause increase or decrease the price of stone.
However, stone that are in category of export stones are so expensive.