Category: Stone Slabs - Granite Slabs Competitive Price 
Location: India 1533 Views 
Material Type: Granite 204 Likes 
Main Color: Black
Surface Finish: Polished
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Reference Price: US$ / M2
Shipping Port: Chennai Port
Minimum Order: 200 M2
Payment Terms: T/T, L/C, D/P
Packing Details: Strong New Seaworth Wooden Crates
Delivery Ability: 1000 M2 / Month
Black Galaxy granite is undoubtedly one of the world's most popular and successful granites and has been exported to every continent. It is a fine to medium-grained, black gabbro with golden-yellow sparkling broncite scales. Internationally this stone may be nominated as a granite and for the US and Chinese markets this is correct however in Europe the stone must be nominated as a gabbro because the European Standard EN 12440 (Natural Stone, Denomination Criteria) demands a scientific terminology determined with a petrografic examination according to EN 12407 and 4.2 of prEN 12670. The quarrying area is Chimakurthi, Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, South India (approx. 350 km north of Chennai) where one would find about 50 Galaxy quarries however not all operate 12 months of the year. The original Black Galaxy quarry was opened by ourselves in the very early 1980s and is still known to this day as Star Galaxy Granite. The myth that Japanese businessmen discovered Black Galaxy granite in 1989 is completely erroneous since quarrying had already been under way for several years! When other Indian quarrying companies saw the success we had with this material it started a rush for quarrying licences in the Ongole area.
