Slab stone refers to large cuts of stone, typically over 80 cm wide, obtained from quarries. It can be produced from various types of stones, such as travertine, marble, and granite. Due to their cohesive and aesthetically pleasing design, the resulting slabs are commonly used for constructing walls, flooring, table tops, and countertops. The use of slab stone can significantly enhance the appearance of a building.

What is Slab Stone? Slab Stone is a large cut of stones with a greater thickness and dimensions than common stones for use in facades, walls, floors, and stairs. This type of stone cut has different types and models. It has a stunning display with its natural and beautiful streaks. 

This large one-piece stone has relatively complex processing due to its large size. It requires special cutting machines, which is why it is expensive and its beauty is double.

 Onyx Stone is the most expensive type of building slab stone and is unrivaled with its dazzling beauty and the ability of light to pass through its transparent texture. It can be used on floors and walls.

The most common slabs are made of marble. Various colors and designs, standard strength, and reasonable price are the features of marble slabs, which are the reasons for the popular use of this stone on floors and walls.

Crystal Stones are calcareous or dolomitic stones that crystallized by internal factors and are in the category of metamorphic rocks. Crystal marble stone is a suitable option for slabs on the wall – floor stone – kitchen countertop – stone tabletop, and dining table. Low water absorption, bright color, long and beautiful veins, and high resistance are the features that make this white stone widely used.

This stone has a warm nature with features such as low weight, high adhesion, and often wavy designs in which a traditional and rustic effect has been seen. Slab travertine has widely used in walls and interior facades.

The main characteristics of granite slabs are their very high resistance.

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The applications of this large one-piece stone can be considered in the interior facade and walls of shared spaces and the center of public view, such as lobbies of residential and office complexes and hotels, restaurants, service counters in companies, and stylish medical centers.

Slabs can also be used on the floor of the interior of the building, floors of stylish hotels and restaurants, corridors of shopping centers, and such places.

As you know, the kitchen is one of the virtual spaces in any home, and special attention should be paid to its decoration. One of the applications of slabs is their use on the countertop. The use of slab stones is more demanding than MDF and Korin due to their durability, strength, beauty, and naturalness.

This stone’s dimensions are more than 120 x 220 cm. After the stones are taken out of the mine, they are taken to a stone-cutting factory. In factories, stones would be cut in various dimensions and sizes. 

Due to its export potential, the production and presentation of stone slabs are so important. Slab stones should be processed in the form of excellent surface finish, high transparency, and precise thickness.

Also, the use of these stones in the form of horizontal symmetry with two slabs (book-match) and vertical, horizontal symmetry with four slabs (four-match) is common due to creating a stunning effect that can be used on both floors and walls. In the gallery below, you can see some examples of book-match and four-match.

Due to the high cost of production, large size, and low thickness, transporting slab stones is very important.
If you do not follow the safety tips, it will destroy the stone and cause financial losses.

There are many ways to move slab stones, but the best option is to load and move the slabs by crane in pallets and wooden stands.

Metal stands will also be used to export and move slab stones to American and European countries.

In marble slabs and some other stones, due to the passage of light through the layers, using light under this stone creates a very beautiful effect. For this reason, it has become one of the common methods of decoration and beautification by stone, and this method can be seen in most of the works.