Travertine Types

Travertine Types

Mahallat Atashkooh Travertine:

The existence of rich and abundant mines of travertine in Mahallat city (Markazi province) has made it one of the hubs of production of this stone in the country. Mines such as Atashkooh, Abbas Abad, Hajiabad, Valley Heater and Spa are among the most famous white travertine mines in the country, among which Atashkooh travertine is the best example of travertine and impurity streaks due to its relatively uniform white color. It is very limited in the characteristics of this stone. Due to the higher uniformity, it is usually cut in waveless form and only if the waves are regular, it is cut in a wavy manner. The high quality of firestone has increased its price so that in the same category almost the highest price in a variety of travertine and mainly used in luxury works and Roman facades. When purchasing super and premium samples, you should pay attention to the existing volume of stone in the factory, because with the increase in the available volume, the price also goes higher. This is because a large volume of stone must be extracted and processed in order to obtain relatively large amounts of super samples. Dark brown streaks and lines are usually visible in weaker sorts, which reduces the quality and decreases the price of stones.

Mahallat Abbas Abad Travertine:

Abbas Abad travertine is also one of the best and most expensive types of travertine, the white color of this stone, along with its high resistance and suitable subsurface, causes its fame and is cut in two ways: waveless and wavy, super surfers are transparent white and without streaks and weaker sorts have dark brown or even red streaks. It is a lot of stone that needs to be considered when shopping. Abbas Abad travertine according to wave design and background color in waveless types, match wave travertine, cloud and wind, bovine gear, needle, etc. Divided that each has its own beauty. For example, the type of matches, which are also expensive types, have beautiful and fine waves with low distances from each other. The regularity of beautiful waves and shapes has increased the attractiveness of match wave travertine.

Hajiabad Travertine:

Hajiabad Mahallat travertine is of high quality, low pores, bright color background and high hardness and strength are prominent features that due to this high strength is usually cut in long lengths, these features along with beauty and relatively reasonable price, has made Hajiabad stone one of the most widely used types of travertine in the façade of buildings. It is produced wavy, whose waveless sample is more beautiful because of its attractive so-called cloud and wind designs. There are more high-quality light cream samples and weaker samples in dark to chocolate cream. Both Hajiabad and Abbas Abad have a lot of bullion and tools due to their high strength, ability and tools that are used in special designs such as façade headstones.

Mahallat Darebokhari Travertine:

Travertine Heater Valley is one of the most widely used travertines, which is mostly known for its beauty of designs and white color with its cream and brown veins, and this stone usually has fine pores and has a high sub-polishing capability, and the travertine heater has a white color spectrum, bright cream and dark cream, and is cut in both justified and waveless types. Be. Also, the presence of dark circular waves and streaks in some sorties has resulted in the production of so-called screw wave rocks. The use of screw wave stone, especially in the form of bukmech, has increased the attractiveness of the façade and its speciality, which is of interest to some architects. It should be noted that due to the crowded surface of the façade, the use of this design in the façade of small buildings is not recommended because it makes the work surface smaller in the viewer’s view.

Abgarm Travertine:

Travertine Spa is one of the other examples of mahallat travertine, which despite the reasonable price, is competitive with hajiabad type and much like it. The color of the cream is bright and sometimes white, almost uniform and lacks impurities. In white sorts, there are usually fine black spots on the surface of the stone. High durability, low color play and reasonable price are the features of this stone.

Ramsheh Bisque Travertine:

This stone has been extracted from Ramsheh mines in Isfahan province and is therefore known as Ramesheh travertine. Ramsheh travertine has been welcomed because of its bright cream background and reasonable price compared to Abbas Abad and Hajiabad stones. The porosity of this stone is relatively high and has pink, yellow or orange streaks, especially in weaker sorties. Because of the reasonable price, it is usually used as one of the most common options in the facades behind the building.

Citreous travertine:

Red travertine:

Red travertine is another type of travertine that is used because of its specific color. Azarshahr red and red travertine of Isfahan is one of the main mines of this stone that the products of Azarshahr mine are more high quality, more beautiful with yellow and orange streaks, stronger and more expensive. Isfahan stone is mainly cut wavy due to the presence of more veins. This stone is used in the lower floors of relatively inexpensive facades and in combination with other stones or cement washed or even on the floor. It should be noted that due to the presence of some minerals in Isfahan stone, sometimes the occurrence of dandruff is visible on the work surface, which is not a problem in the type of Azarshahr. Therefore, in wet and rainy areas, Isfahan stone should not be used in exterior view.

Yazd Chocolate Travertine (Dehshir Chocolate):

Yazd chocolate travertine is one of the most beautiful types of dark travertine extracted from mines near Dehshir village of Taft city. Dark brown color with small and coarse roles and waves has increased its beauty. The pores of this stone cause its proper connection to the façade and at the same time have acceptable strength. Combining chocolate stones with bright stones of Atashkooh or Abbas Abad in the façade or floor makes the work beautiful. This stone is produced in a wavy and waveless manner in a variety of submersed and leathery. The lower sorts of this stone have white spots and more impurity veins with red tonnages that are not observed in high quality sorts. Usually, as the stone becomes more pronounced, the price also increases. Chocolate travertine kashan and tartab (Markazi province- Delijan city) are other sorties of this stone. Aqa Mohammadi Mine in Kashan is one of the most famous chocolate travertine mines whose product is of high quality. Usually, the color of Kashan stone is less than Yazd stone.

Tanederakhti travertine (walnut):

Tree trunk travertine is one of the beautiful and special species of travertine. Combining brown color spectrors with beautiful waves and streaks makes it special, which in combination with a variety of bright travertine creates very beautiful views. The presence of dark and light brown streaks in a variety of ripples creates a beautiful view similar to the tree trunk, but relatively smoother wave types are visible in walnut color. Azarshahr mine is one of the famous mining mines of this stone whose products are of high quality. In the past, this stone was cut mostly in the form of 40 lengths, but it is now supplied as a verdict and even slabs.

Silver travertine:

One of the examples of travertine with different degrees of smoke and silver color with beautiful waves, which combines with other cream or brown stones, creates a distinctive image in the floor and façade. The variety of this stone varies from light silver to dark dates. Dark and light smoked background color with beautiful white, black, silver and sometimes yellow waves and streaks has increased the attractiveness of this stone. Silver Takab travertine (West Azerbaijan) and Azarshahr mines (East Azerbaijan) are usually higher quality and due to being located in cold regions, they have higher strength, color stability and naturally higher price and Kashan stone is also in the next place.

Wood Design Travertine:

Wood design travertine is one of the beautiful and special species of stone. The creamy and light brown background with corrugas lines and veins has created a texture similar to wood and naturally increased its attractiveness. The appearance of this stone is rough and its sub-polishing capability is relatively low. Therefore, sometimes it is processed as a homogenetic bush and tishes. The use of this stone façade, floor, wall and even as a stepping stone warms the space and creates wonderful scenery.

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