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Material Fundamentals

The grounding knowledge behind confident stone specification.

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Honed vs Flamed vs Brushed: How to Choose a Stone Finish
Material Fundamentals·Jul 30, 2026

Honed vs Flamed vs Brushed: How to Choose a Stone Finish

A practical, application-first guide to stone finishes: what honed, flamed, brushed, and polished actually change, with a decision table for floors, facades, and wet areas.

Lithos·5 min read

Care & Maintenance

How natural stone lives, ages, and is looked after.

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How to Clean Natural Stone: A Specifier's Maintenance Guide
Care & Maintenance·Jul 30, 2026

How to Clean Natural Stone: A Specifier's Maintenance Guide

How to clean natural stone without damaging it. A sourcing studio on pH-neutral care, why acids etch, daily routines, and stone-specific maintenance for floors and surfaces.

Lithos·4 min read
How to Seal Natural Stone: Which Stones Need It, How Often, and Why
Care & Maintenance·Jul 30, 2026

How to Seal Natural Stone: Which Stones Need It, How Often, and Why

Which natural stones need sealing, which do not, and how often. A sourcing studio on the water-drop test, impregnating sealers, and why sealing does not stop etching.

Lithos·4 min read

Material Index

In-depth profiles of individual stone varieties.

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Carrara White Marble: How to Specify It Properly
Material Index·Jul 30, 2026

Carrara White Marble: How to Specify It Properly

Carrara White, the world's reference marble, specified honestly. A sourcing studio on grades, honed vs polished, where it works, and how to avoid the common mistakes.

Lithos·4 min read
Grigio Carnico: The Deep Grey-Black Italian Marble, Specified
Material Index·Jul 30, 2026

Grigio Carnico: The Deep Grey-Black Italian Marble, Specified

Grigio Carnico, the dramatic grey-black Italian marble with fine white veining. A sourcing studio on its character, properties, finishes, and where dark marble belongs.

Specification Guides

Technical guidance for architects and designers.

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Natural Stone for Hotel Lobbies and High-Traffic Floors
Specification Guides·Jul 30, 2026

Natural Stone for Hotel Lobbies and High-Traffic Floors

How to specify stone flooring that survives a decade of luggage carts and foot traffic. Porosity, honed vs polished, sealing, and the named stones we'd put down.

Lithos·5 min read
Limestone vs Marble vs Sandstone: Choosing Stone by Application
Specification Guides·Jul 30, 2026

Limestone vs Marble vs Sandstone: Choosing Stone by Application

Reading about stone is a good start. Specifying it well is better.

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Lithos·4 min read
Pietra Serena: The Renaissance Stone, Specified
Material Index·Jul 30, 2026

Pietra Serena: The Renaissance Stone, Specified

Pietra Serena, the grey-blue sandstone that built Florence, explained by a sourcing studio: geology, real properties, the porosity caveat, finishes, and where it works.

Lithos·5 min read

Limestone, marble, or sandstone? A sourcing studio on how the three natural stones actually behave, and how to match stone type to the application by traffic, water, and exposure.

Lithos·5 min read
Moleanos Limestone: The Complete Specification Guide
Specification Guides·Jul 30, 2026

Moleanos Limestone: The Complete Specification Guide

Moleanos limestone, explained by a sourcing studio: the Azul, Fine Grain, and Medium Grain variants, real technical properties, finishes, and where it works.

Lithos·7 min read