Mongolia Black Stone Basalt for Slab, Tile, Paver, Countertop

Mongolia Black Stone Basalt for Slab, Tile, Paver, Countertop

Granite is a kind of deep diagenetic, often able to form a well-developed, visually discernible mineral particles, 
hence get the name. Granite is not easy to be weathered, and it's beautiful color can be maintained for more 
than a century. Due to its high hardness and wear resistance, Granite always used for high-level building decoration, 
hall floor, or open-air carving, etc,. Granite has always been the preferred materiall.

Different Finishes:

Polished: 
After refined and polished, the surface beeing flat and bright, crystal structure of the granite is clear and colorful. 
It usually be used for walls, floors and cylinders which require high gloss smooth surface effect.

Flamed/ Bushhammered/ Acid/ Antiqued, etc,. It usually used for non-slip floor/ Step/ driving way, etc.


How To Install Seamless Granite Tile
Start at the bottom, if you are installing on a wall, or in the corner of a flat horizontal surface. Spread 
enough thinset for a few granite tiles with a notched trowel.

Place the granite tiles down so that they are next to each other. Leave no obvious gap. Repeat the 
thinset and placement for the first row, and then start the next. To make the lines between the tiles 
less obvious, you could stagger the rows so the seams aren't continuous across the surface.

Cut granite tiles with a wet saw so that the saw is cooled constantly. Use a diamond tip blade to 
cut through the hard material. Measure any places that your tile doesn't fit, and mark the back of 
the tile with the dimensions. Cut along the lines.

Let the tile sit for a day once you are finished.

Install 1/4-inch backerboard over existing drywall, if the drywall is in good shape, to add strength 
to the wall. Screw the backerboard into the wall studs, placing a screw every 6 inches along the 
stud. If the studs of the wall are exposed, use 1/2-inch backerboard, instead of 1/4 inch backerboard, 
to cover the studs. Screw the backerboard into the wall studs, placing a screw every 6 inches along 
the stud.

Mix up a small batch of thinset to the consistency of peanut butter. Use a joint knife (6 inches or longer) 
to spread a small amount of thinset along the joints of the backerboard, one joint at a time. Unroll a length
 of 2-inch backerboard tape and place it in the thinset. Run the joint knife over the backerboard tape to
 bed the tape into the thinset. Allow the thinset to dry.

Mix enough thinset (to a peanut butter consistency) to cover the wall that is being tiled. Use a margin 
trowel to load thinset onto a 1/4-by-1/4-by-3/8 inch tiling trowel. Beginning at the center of the wall at 
the floor level, spread thinset onto the backerboard using upstrokes to prevent thinset from falling onto 
the floor.
 
 
 

test items	test methods	test results
apparent density	EN 1936;2006	2850kg/m3
open porosity	EN 1936;2006	0.75%
water absorption	EN 13755;2006	0.33%
flexural strength in natural  condition	EN 12372;2006	14.3MPa
flexural strength after 12 cycles  freeze/thaw	EN 12371;2001   EN 12372;2006	17.3MPa
flexural strength after 12 cycles  freeze/thaw	EN 12371;2001   EN 12372;2006	14.3MPa
abrasion resistance	EN 14157;2004 method A  EN 1341;2001 annex D            EN 1341;2001 annex C	19.0mm
slip resistance	EN 14231;2003                   EN 1341;2001 annex D        EN 1341;2001 annex C	SRV' dry' 81  SRV' vet' 72
compressive strength in natural condition	EN 1926;2006	243.3MPa
compressive strength after 48 cycles freeze/thaw	EN 12371;2001              EN 1926;2006	209.9MPa
breaking load dowel hole	EN 13364;2002	2806N
petrographic description	EN 12407;2007	olivine basalt