Description
We are a small scale seasonal operation that has been working with natural stone since 1994. As testimony to quality, our stone has been included in many prominent projects across Newfoundland.
Services:
We supply natural stone across the province to private home owners, contractors and for public projects. Installation services are also available: Flatwork, retaining or special features. We can offer technically standardized walls, ensuring that customers get a standard product.
Product:
Our bluestone is quarried near Pynn's Brook in western Newfoundland. It is strong, durable, workable and reusable. It is regarded as a prestige product for use in landscaping and masonry work - similar to 'Pennsylvania Bluestone' quarried from the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania and New York states.
General Info
Geology:
Near Pynn's Brook, bluestone is quarried from Lower Carboniferous rocks. These were formed 350 million years ago in a delta, similar to where the Humber River flows into Deer Lake in Western Newfoundland.
Pennsylvania bluestone was used extensively in the 19th century for paving, sidewalks, kerbs, cobblestones, walls, and buildings in the cities of northeastern USA. In the past 20 years a resurgence of use has occurred with the major market being patio stone, benches, steps, walls and paths in landscaping.
Comparable flagstone is quarried in the US and at the Cliffs of Moher, west Ireland, and in Yorkshire, England (Millstone Grit).
Since the deposit is a fossil beach, any texture you find on a sandy beach is found in our stone. Many specimens are of museum quality. Most natural stone surfaces have an attractive riven texture with mild irregularities.
Geological features include:
ripple marks
mud cracks
rain pits
fossil vegetation
load cast and slump structures
volcanic ash
sedimentary layering
Other exotic natural features include:
Load Cast Structure
curved slabs (channels for waterfalls)
bowl shaped slabs (for birdbaths)
Zen quality blocks and slabs
slabs with drill holes (useful for fountains)
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